WATER UNITE

Registered charity 1210716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ("OBJECTS") ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT;(B) TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND SAVE LIVES; AND(C) TO PREVENT AND ALLEVIATE POVERTYIN EACH CASE, INCLUDING THROUGH CLEAN WATER PROJECTS, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.IN THESE OBJECTS "CLEAN WATER PROJECTS" INCLUDES:(A) SANITATION;(B) ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER;(C) THE PREVENTION OF WATER-BORNE DISEASES;(D) THE REDUCTION OF PLASTIC AND OTHER WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH ACCESS TO WATER; AND(E) SUCH OTHER RELATED PROJECTS THAT THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £579,678 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £2,171,890. However, the trustees note that current liabilities exceeded current assets by £2,047,849 at year-end, highlighting a liquidity risk that is mitigated through cashflow forecasting. Free reserves stood at £174,891, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet core operating needs and manage short-term cashflow risk.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CATTANEO EMILIO
• CHARLES JONATHAN HALL
• Lord Malcolm Bruce
• MARINA PANNEKEET
• MARTIJN PROOS · trustee of 1 other charity
• SATYA SUNDAR TRIPATHI

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Burundi · City Of London · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ghana · India · Indonesia · Jordan · Kenya · Mozambique · Pakistan · Rwanda · South Africa

Income and spending

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