Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Endorsed
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

WATERAID

WaterAid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Only by tackling these three essentials in ways that last can people change their lives for good.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity is endorsed by a respected charity impact evaluator
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£94,542£96,397£-1,855£23,540£41,990£28,5953.69061,126
31/03/22£91,913£84,496£7,417£21,665£43,845£29,3704.2897770
31/03/21£89,518£85,392£4,126£21,451£36,428£23,1223.2882517
31/03/20£91,261£95,047£-3,786£22,123£32,302£17,5272.2852902
31/03/19£91,393£82,562£8,831£19,328£36,088£20,6683821950
31/03/18£83,373£81,896£1,477£21,705£27,257£17,9462.67510
31/03/17£81,077£87,480£-6,403£20,242£25,780£15,5212.17390
31/03/16£85,475£83,485£1,990£19,986£32,183£18,2892.67680
31/03/15£83,600£77,236£6,364£17,079£29,788£17,8952.87430
31/03/14£73,695£71,923£1,772£16,345£23,424£15,4942.66840
31/03/13£65,648£61,332£4,316£14,396£21,652£15,8003.16710
31/03/12£55,807£53,961£1,846£11,774£17,336£14,5873.26700
31/03/11£48,117£50,767£-2,650£11,697£15,490£13,5913.26060
31/03/10£45,611£45,232£379£11,265£18,140£16,3904.36070
31/03/09£43,787£46,919£-3,132£10,034£17,761£16,0334.15850
31/03/08£40,257£35,498£4,759£8,095£20,893£18,2486.25290
31/03/07£31,007£29,984£1,023£6,939£16,158£14,6655.94740
31/03/06£26,674£25,091£1,583n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£21,304£19,710£1,594n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£18,063£15,820£2,243n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 25.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 24.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 41 years

www.wateraid.org

supportercare@wateraid.org

02077934500

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International healthcare & famine relief
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Endorsed by:
Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Global Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£3,100,000 28/02/2023
Regular unrestricted award
Postcode Global Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£3,000,000 09/02/2022
Regular unrestricted award
The Wimbledon Foundation - WaterAid South Asia Covid Appeal
£15,000 10/06/2021
WaterAid South Asia Covid Appeal
Comic Relief - Building entrepreneurship for water, liquid, and solid waste management in slums of Dar es Salaam
£781,058 27/05/2015
36
The majority of Dar es Salaam’s population live in slums with inadequate access to water, toilets and garbage disposal services. As a result many people are vulnerable to diseases such as cholera. Temeke Municipality wants to improve these ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Ensuring Universal WASH Rights in Nepal
£500,000 22/12/2014
35
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Securing WASH by Harvesting Rainwater in Pakistan
£491,622 19/03/2014
36
This project, based in 75 rural communities in Tharparkar District, Sindh Province, Pakistan, aims to support 21,500 people to gain access to safe water and 31,570 to improve sanitation practices. It will also promote healthy hygiene messages to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Water and Sanitation in Morondava Slums
£479,718 18/12/2013
36
This project aims to contribute to the wellbeing of slum dwellers by improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and contributing to a reduction of diseases in Morondava in Madagascar.
National Lottery Community Fund - Expanding Access to Water and Sanitation
£499,972 24/06/2013
36
This project, in Kanzungula, Gwembe and Monze districts of the Southern Province in Zambia aims to promote sustainable access to safe water and adequate sanitation facilities in rural, marginalised communities in order to improve the health and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Dji ni Sanya (Water and Sanitation)
£441,151 20/02/2013
36
The project, based in the Koulikoro, Segou, and Mopti regions of Mali, aims to improve health as well as access to and use of safe water and sanitation for the most disadvantaged people in rural communities. This will lead to reduced incidences of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - AWaSH Adapting WASH for Climate Change
£350,585 28/03/2012
36
The project, based in the Koyra Upazila of Khulna district in Bangladesh aims to respond to the need for climate resilient access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) services. The proposed interventions will address the three key issues that ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-75
  • ANDREW JAMES GREEN (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chair, Ned, Trustee
  • ALYSON MARGARET CLARK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: General Counsel
  • ASHVIN DAYAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Philanthropy
  • DR GUIDO SCHMIDT-TRAUB Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Executive Director
  • HEIDI MOTTRAM CBE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • HEATHER SKILLING Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant
  • HILARY FRANCES WILD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Non Executive Director
  • MANUEL ALVARINHO Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant
  • MAMADOU BITEYE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Executive
  • NINA MARTA PERTWEE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications & Growth Consultant
  • PETER JOHN SIMPSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • PROFESSOR MALA RAO OBE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Clinical Fellow
  • SANJAY NAIR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • SIMI SADAF KAMAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Development Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/02/1984, number: 288701
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/01/1984, number: 01787329
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from STANLEY CLAYTON TRUST on 15/02/2021
Main office

WaterAid
6th Floor
20 Canada Square
LONDON

Objectives

1.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the public benefit:1.1.1 to relieve poverty and suffering in any part of the world through (i) the improvement of water supplies, sanitation and hygiene services, and (ii) providing advice on related health matters; and 1.1.2 to advance education concerning the nature, causes and effects of such poverty and suffering related to inadequate water supplies, sanitation and/or hygiene services. 1.2 Nothing in the objects shall authorise an application of property for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with s.7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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