Mrs Waterhouse Charitable Trust

Analysis

Mrs Waterhouse Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Mrs Waterhouse Charitable Trust reported income of £363k and spending of £695k, spending 192% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £345k to £363k (+5.0%), an average of +1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 171% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mrs Waterhouse Charitable Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The L M Kendon Settlement (£363k), Stockwell Park Estate Community Trust Ltd (£363k) and Musana Community Development Organisation (£363k).

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.