Wateraid International

Analysis

Wateraid International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07238796). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wateraid International reported income of £915k and spending of £903k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £915k (-22%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Wateraid International sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jamia Islamia Ghousia (£912k), Mankind Welfare Trust (£921k) and Play Action International (£894k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £225k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.