Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

WATER SURVIVAL BOX LTD 

1.The relief and assistance of people in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by the supply of clean water and other essential supplies via the Water-Survival Box2. The provision of long term and sustainable solutions for safe water wherever it is needed
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/11/23£430£296£134n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/11/22£265£266£-2n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/11/21£116£171£-56n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/11/20£93£109£-15n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/11/19£250£225£25n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/11/18£172£136£36£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/17£112£137£-25£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£155£173£-18£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£233£198£35£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£172£137£35£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/13£131£118£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/12£74£198£-125£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/11£148£166£-18£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/10£465£280£185£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/09£85£60£25£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/08£72£68£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/07£56£24£32£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.watersurvivalbox.org

tony@watersurvivalbox.org

01761419328

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Bath And North East Somerset, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burma, Chad, Chile, Comoros, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Uganda, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 120 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-86
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/10/2006, number: 1116432
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/08/2006, number: 05903142
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF AMBLESIDE TRUST FUND on 14/07/2023
Main office

Broadway House
Third Avenue
Westfield Industrial Estate
Radstock
Bath
BA3 4XD

Objectives

THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY THE SUPPLY OF CLEAN WATER AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES VIA THE WATER-SURVIVAL BOX

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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