# THE METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 207743
- **Other names:** THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=207743


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 Queenborough Gardens, Chislehurst
- **Postcode:** BR7 6NP
- **Phone:** 02084671261
- **Email:** ralph.baber@drinkingfountains.org
- **Website:** drinkingfountains.org



## Activities

**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

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## 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



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- Egypt
- India
- Thailand
- Uganda



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £52649 | £40341 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £49581 | £21465 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £46306 | £32721 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £44490 | £22633 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £39184 | £19444 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ALDERMAN SIR MICHAEL BEAR
- Alastair King
- Laura Erith
- MARK ELLIOTT
- MARK SLATER — appointed Aug. 6, 2012
- Paul O'Connell — appointed March 22, 2013
- Ralph Baber
- SOPHIE FULLER