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WATERFORD SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 313908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The raising of funds in the UK for the promotion and encouragement of education at Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa which is located in Eswatini (previously known as Swaziland). The emphasis is on providing financial support to assist students, who are both able and disadvantaged, to attend.

Objects

PROVISION OF ALL EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING PREMISES AND BURSARIES AT WATERFORD.

Area of benefit: WATERFORD SCHOOL, MBABANE, SWAZILAND

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income
£130k
Latest spending
£235k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £85,167, while total funds were £595,772, comprising unrestricted and expendable endowment funds. The charity reported a net expenditure of £83,849 for the year, primarily driven by grants to Waterford Kamhlaba. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (63% of income)
“Investments 2 9,153 - 9,153 18,306 12,026” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: limit additions to unrestricted funds to a proportion of income from interest (held: £85k)
“Since 1 March 2014, it has been the policy of the Trustees to limit additions to the Trust’s unrestricted funds to a proportion of its income from interest (or from investments, were there any).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bennett Brooks & Co Limited. Discloses 4 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Waterford School Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Eswatini

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£130k£235k
31/12/2024£29k£113k
31/12/2023£14k£109k
31/12/2022£26k£31k
31/12/2021£4k£9k

Common questions

Is WATERFORD SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £85,167, while total funds were £595,772, comprising unrestricted and expendable endowment funds. The charity reported a net expenditure of £83,849 for the year, primarily driven by grants to Waterford Kamhlaba. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Bennett Brooks & Co Limited.