The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain And Cattle Trough Association
The Drinking Fountain Association
- Country
- England & Wales
- Charity number
- 207743
- Status
- Registered
- Reporting
- Up to date Last filed March 30, 2026. Filing history
- Registered
- Sept. 22, 1962
- Legal form
- Other
Address
- Address
- 5 Queenborough Gardens
Chislehurst
BR7 6NP
Contact
- Phone
- 020 8467 1261
- ralph.baber@drinkingfountains.org
- Website
drinkingfountains.org
Activities
We provide overseas aid for water based projects such as building bore holes or providing elephant pumps, irrigation for villages and water troughs for animals.
Objects: (1) To Promote The Provision Of Pure Drinking Water For People And Animals In The United Kingdom And Overseas. (2) The Preservation Of The Association's Drinking Fountains, Cattle Troughs And Other Installations
Classification
- How
- Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- What
- General Charitable Purposes, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Who
- Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind
Geography
- Area of benefit
- National And Overseas
- Country
- Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Thailand, Uganda
Finances
| Period end | Filed | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | March 30, 2026On time | £52,649 | £40,341 |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | May 6, 2025On time | £49,581 | £21,465 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | April 19, 2024On time | £46,306 | £32,721 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | May 6, 2023On time | £44,490 | £22,633 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | May 12, 2022On time | £39,184 | £19,444 |
Trustees
| Name | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Alderman Sir Michael Bear | |
| Laura Erith | |
| Mark Elliott | |
| Mark Slater | Aug. 6, 2012 |
| Paul O'Connell | March 22, 2013 |
| Ralph Baber | |
| Sophie Fuller | |
| Sir Alastair King |
Linked charities
- A Lady (Anonymous) (207743-1)
- James Stewart Henderson (207743-10)
- Richard Barlow Kennett (207743-11)
- A Lloyd (207743-12)
- Aimee Constance Anne Lowther (207743-13)
- Lyndhurst Drinking Fountain Trust (207743-14)
- Miss Ellen Markland (207743-15)
- Miss Hannah Marriott (207743-16)
- Reardon Memorial Fund (207743-17)
- Herbert Arthur Stephenson (207743-18)
- Mrs Marian Behrend (207743-2)
- Joseph Coates (207743-3)
- Mrs Emily Dowling (207743-4)
- Mrs Laura Mary Fielder (207743-5)
- Miss Maria (Or May) Gethin (207743-6)
- Miss Julia Emily Gordon (207743-7)
- Lady Hamilton (207743-8)
- Mrs Marianne Sophie Hansler (207743-9)
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