THE WATERBEACH CHARITY

Registered charity 311348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WATERBEACH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

The Charity's purpose is to provide funds for the children who attend Church of England Schools in the Diocese of Ely, to give support to the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Waterbeach and to the people of Waterbeach Parish who are in need of financial help.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£143k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity distributed all net operating surpluses to beneficiary charities, retaining only a £3,000 buffer reserve, resulting in unrestricted funds of £3,000 at year-end. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without material uncertainty. However, the charity's total fund balance decreased from £5,006,105 to £4,851,424 due to a significant loss on investment revaluations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £3,000 buffer reserve (held: £3k)

“The charity distributes all net operating surpluses to the 3 beneficiary charities, except for a £3,000 buffer reserve. As these distributions are made quarterly in arrears, and as any shortfall in funds could potentially be supplemented by realising investments, no further amounts of unrestricted funds are felt necessary to be retained as "reserves".” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER BRYANTchair
Andrew Glover · trustee of 3 other charities
Annabelle Clare Evans
James Bielby
Michael Robert Astley · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev PAUL BUTLER · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£143k	£140k
31/12/2024	£141k	£139k
31/12/2023	£138k	£136k
31/12/2022	£138k	£136k
31/12/2021	£134k	£132k

Common questions

Is THE WATERBEACH CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity distributed all net operating surpluses to beneficiary charities, retaining only a £3,000 buffer reserve, resulting in unrestricted funds of £3,000 at year-end. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without material uncertainty. However, the charity's total fund balance decreased from £5,006,105 to £4,851,424 due to a significant loss on investment revaluations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ERSKINE MUTON TRUST FUND	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, WATERBEACH.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, WATERBEACH income £161k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WATERLOO income £1.1m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST NEW BOROUGH AND LEIGH, WIMBORNE income £627k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, LECKHAMPTON income £180k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BECKENHAM. income £516k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEWBURY ST NICOLAS income £554k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WATERBEACH CHARITY	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, WATERBEACH FY2023	£161k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WATERLOO FY2024	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST NEW BOROUGH AND LEIGH, WIMBORNE FY2025	£627k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, LECKHAMPTON FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BECKENHAM. FY2025	£516k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.