# WATERAID

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 288701
- **Other names:** WATER AID, WATERAID
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 22, 1984
- **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=288701


## Contact

- **Address:** WaterAid, 6th Floor, 20 Canada Square, LONDON
- **Phone:** 02077934500
- **Email:** supportercare@wateraid.org
- **Website:** www.wateraid.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the public benefit:1.1.1 to relieve poverty and suffering in any part of the world through (i) the improvement of water supplies, sanitation and hygiene services, and (ii) providing advice on related health matters; and 1.1.2 to advance education concerning the nature, causes and effects of such poverty and suffering related to inadequate water supplies, sanitation and/or hygiene services. 1.2 Nothing in the objects shall authorise an application of property for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with s.7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

**Activities:** WaterAid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Only by tackling these three essentials in ways that last can people change their lives for good.

**Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £92116000 | £97018000 | £34310000 | 933 |
| March 31, 2024 | £90861000 | £93639000 | £39212000 | 888 |
| March 31, 2023 | £94542000 | £96397000 | £41990000 | 906 |
| March 31, 2022 | £91913000 | £84496000 | £43845000 | 897 |
| March 31, 2021 | £89518000 | £85392000 | £36428000 | 882 |



## Trustees

- **ANDREW JAMES GREEN** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 9, 2020
- Alyson Margaret Clark — appointed Oct. 11, 2019
- Ashvin Dayal — appointed July 11, 2023
- Dr Guido Schmidt-Traub — appointed Oct. 11, 2019
- Hilary Frances Wild — appointed Oct. 11, 2019
- Hind Al-Khatib — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Nina Marta Pertwee — appointed July 11, 2023
- Osward Mulenga Chanda — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Peter John Simpson — appointed Oct. 12, 2018
- Richard James Morris — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Ruth Esme Jefferson — appointed Sept. 17, 2025
- Sanjay Nair — appointed July 11, 2023
- Simi Sadaf Kamal — appointed July 11, 2023