# GRIFAID

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1135952
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Nov. 2, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1135952


## Contact

- **Address:** Grifaid Charity/The Safe Water Trust, Unit 8 Tower Road, WASHINGTON, Tyne And Wear
- **Postcode:** NE37 2SH
- **Phone:** 01913400583
- **Email:** info@safewatertrust.com
- **Website:** www.grifaid.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP, PRESERVE HEALTH AND SUPPORT EDUCATION AMONG PEOPLE IN POVERTY RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN COUNTRIES TYPICALLY CLASSED AS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INCLUDING BENIN, INDIA, GAMBIA, GHANA, MALI, NEPAL, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, RWANDA, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, TANZANIA, UGANDA AND ZAMBIA AND BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT".

**Activities:** The Grifaid Charity is about safe water for all, providing access to safe drinking water for families and communities, resulting in the relief of hardship, the preservation of health and the support of education among people in poverty residing in developing countries.

**Area of benefit:** BENIN, INDIA, GAMBIA, GHANA, MALI, NEPAL, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, RWANDA, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, TANZANIA, UGANDA,AND ZAMBIA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Malawi
- Mali
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- The Gambia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £54313 | £21015 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £16512 | £24165 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £92001 | £22518 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £41772 | £5686 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £19173 | £23941 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JOHN DALTON GRIFFITH** (Chair)
- Dr FAITH MARGARET WILLIAMS — appointed March 2, 2015
- GILLIAN BARBARA GRIFFITH
- ROGER AUSTIN GRANT — appointed Jan. 21, 2019