Watoto Child Care Ministries

Analysis

Watoto Child Care Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Watoto Child Care Ministries reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £949k to £1.4m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Watoto Child Care Ministries sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newham Music Trust (£1.4m), Family Matters (£1.4m) and Smethwick Asra Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%, trading 7.6% and charitable activities 3.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. It employed 7 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.