2025-08-31-accounts - innovate WASH

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025

Charity name: Rural Schools Water Project

Charity registration number: 1170858

Objectives and Activities

The purposes of Rural Schools Water Project as set out in its governing document are:

“ For the public benefit, to relieve poverty and suffering in any part of the world through:

1. Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, in particular, but not exclusively, in rural schools and surrounding communities;

2. Promoting healthy lives and raising awareness and understanding of physical and mental health wellbeing for all at all ages;

3. Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all;

4. Achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture, and;

Promoting the reduction and elimination of inequality, and in particular gender inequality affecting women and girls living in poverty. ”

The charity’s main activities in relation to those purposes were:

We continued development of our R Shiny rainwater system modelling application, releasing version 1 in February 2025. Development of version 2 commenced shortly thereafter, with the aim of delivering a more intuitive, map-based interface for retrieving rainfall data from any location globally, powered by Google Earth Engine.

The trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	RSWP issues small grants to local actors in Uganda to enable their participation in evaluation and community engagement activities on topics of water, sanitation and hygiene. All grants issued in 2025 were paid after evidence of need was received, and only up to levels that were budgeted and agreed in advance of the activities taking place.


Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	RSWP does not make social or program-related investments

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	We continued development of our R Shiny rainwater system modelling application, releasing version 1 in February 2025. Development of version 2 commenced shortly thereafter, with the aim of delivering a more intuitive, map-based interface for retrieving rainfall data from any location globally, powered by Google Earth Engine.

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	RSWP ended the year with cash of £816 (2024: £749). Trustee expenses of £156 (2024: £0) were paid to support programme research, monitoring and evaluation activities in Tororo District, Uganda. The principal source of income was public donations of £245 (2024: £15). During the year an error in restricted fund accounting was corrected in the accounts. £500 of unrestricted funds were misclassified as restricted funds. A transfer of £500 from restricted to unrestricted funds has been made to correct this prospectively in the 24/25 accounts. The funds were carried as restricted funds since receipt in 2018. On review of the documentation issued with the donation, the trustees determined that no conditions on RSWP’s use of the donation in fact existed. This was corroborated by the conduct of the original donor organisation, who during multiple contacts made no queries as to RSWP’s use of the funds, nor any attempts torecoverthe originaldonationamount.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	RSWP aims to hold reserves sufficient to continue operations for 12 months. At present the cost of operations is low enough that available cash is more than sufficient.
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	There are no uncertainties over the charity’s going concern status because the cost of its operations is negligible.

Structure, Governance and Management

Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g.	Para 1.25	Election to post by existing board of trustees.

election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name Rural Schools Water Project Other name the charity uses RSWP Registered charity number 1170858 Charity’s principal address Cedar House, St. Francis Close, Butingford SG9 9SH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Will Knapman	Chair	Board
Matt Coote		Board
Isobel Stewart		Board
Anabella Spanos		Board

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

None.

Other optional information

None.

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) William Knapman Matt Coote Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Chair, etc)[Chair ]

Date 24/06/2026

24/06/2026

		Charity Name										No (if any)	No (if any)	No (if any)
		Rural Schools Water		Project								1170858
		Receipts and payments accounts																		CC16a
		For the period from				01 September 2024			To				31	August 2025
Section A Receipts and payments
		Unrestricted			Restricted funds				Endowment				Total funds							Last year
		to the nearest	£			to the nearest £			to the nearest £				to the nearest £							to the nearest	£
A1 Receipts
Donations		-	245 -		-	- -		-	- -				-	245				-	-		15			-
*Sub total* (Gross income for AR)		-	245 -		-	- -		-	-		-		-	245			-		-		15		-
A2 Asset and investment	sales,
		-	- -		-	- -		-		- -			-	-				-	-		-			-
	*Sub total*	-	- -		-	- -		-		-	-		-	-			-		-		-		-

*Total receipts*		-	245 -		-	-	-	-		- -			-	245			-		-	15		-
A3 Payments
Grants paid		-	156 -		-	- -		-	- -				-	156				-	-		73			-
Administrative costs		-	20 -		-	- -		-	- -				-		20			-	-	-				-
Platform fees		-	2 -		-	- -		-	- -				-		2			-	-		0			-
	*Sub total*	-	178 -		-	- -		-	-		-		-	178			-		-		74		-

A4 Asset and investment
		-	- -		-	- -		-		- -			-	-				-
	*Sub total*	-	- -		-	- -		-		-	-		-	-			-

*Total payments*		-	178 -		-	-	-	-		- -			-	178			-		-	74		-
*Net of receipts/(payments)*		-	67 -		-	-	-	-	-	-			-	67		-			-	59		-
A5 Transfers between funds		-	500 -		-	500 -		-	- -				-	-				-	-	- -
A6 Cash funds last year end		-	249 -		-	500 -		-	- -				-	749 -					-	808 -
*Cash funds this*	*year end*	-	816 -		-	-	-	-	- -				-	816		-			-	749		-

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories	Details		Unrestricted					Restricted funds	Restricted funds		Endowment
			to nearest £						to nearest £		to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Unrestricted funds	-	816		-					-	- -
	Sage grant for reading materials	-	-		-			-	- -	-	- -
		-	-		-			-	- -	-	- -
	*Total cash funds*	-	816	-				-	- -	-	- -
	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))	OK						OK		OK
			Unrestricted					Restricted funds			Endowment
			funds								funds
	Details		to nearest £						to nearest £		to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	None held	-	-		-			-	- -	-	- -
	Details	Fund to which asset							Cost (optional)		Current value
B3 Investment assets	None held							-	- -	-	- -
	Details	Fund to which asset							Cost (optional)		Current value
B4 Assets retained for the	None held							-	- -	-	- -
charity’s own use
	Details		Fund to which						Amount due		When due
B5 Liabilities	None held							-	- -
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf	Signature		Print			Name				Date of approval
of all the trustees			Matt				Coote				24/06/2026

CCXX R accounts (SS)