Children of Watamu

Analysis

Children of Watamu is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in July 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Children of Watamu reported income of £94k and spending of £82k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £162k to £94k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Children of Watamu sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cafe Unity 2014 (£94k), The Lee Charity of William Hatcliffe (£94k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Harwood (£94k).