Waterfall Charity

Registered charity 1140634 · since 2011waterfallcharity.org·India·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£627k

Annual giving, year to 31 January 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Waterfall Charity's work fits if your organisation relieves poverty or hardship among disadvantaged communities in developing countries through education, food, housing, clean water, sustainable energy or community livelihoods, and its stated priority is India.
Organisational funding goes only to partner organisations, so a group that is not yet a partner must first complete due diligence by supplying its registration documents, bank account details, trustee identification and mission statement.
A detailed proposal should then set out objectives, beneficiaries, budgets, timelines and expected outcomes and show clear public benefit, and trustees decide collectively; the annual report gives no grant range, so tie the amount you ask for to your project budget.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but the information provided does not show how competitive the funder is or how long decisions take.

Overview

Waterfall Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1140634).

Waterfall Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and it exists to relieve poverty and hardship among disadvantaged communities in developing countries. It works through education, food assistance, housing, clean-water projects and individual sponsorship, and one of its stated purposes is building wells, pumps and water filtration systems. Its annual report shows £627,323 paid in its latest year, a single total that may include grants to individuals.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Waterfall Charity says its purpose is to relieve poverty and hardship among disadvantaged communities in developing countries. It works through education, food assistance, housing, clean-water projects and individual sponsorship, and describes a long-term approach of building wells, providing solar energy, educating orphaned children, supporting widows and creating real income opportunities. It also supports communities, especially women, through farming, training and employment, and builds or restores masjids, learning centres and community hubs. Its organisational funding is for partner organisations: they undergo due diligence, then submit project proposals covering objectives, beneficiaries, budgets, timelines and expected outcomes, which trustees review before making a collective decision.

Themes

Clean water
Education
Sustainable energy
Food assistance
Housing
Community livelihoods
Community infrastructure

Geographic Focus

Priority: India.

How to apply

Partner organisations first complete due diligence by providing the required documents. Once due diligence is satisfactory, they submit a detailed project proposal covering objectives, beneficiaries, budgets, timelines and expected outcomes. Trustees review proposals and make a collective decision.

What to send:

Charity registration documents
Official charity bank account details
Identification of trustees or authorised representatives
The organisation’s mission statement
A detailed project proposal outlining objectives, beneficiaries, budgets, timelines, and expected outcomes

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Grant proposals should align with the charity’s purposes, be used appropriately and deliver clear public benefit.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

India

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Waterfall Charity.

The Maarif Foundation UKNo public processGave £765k N and R Karnani TrustNo public processGave £401k Babulilm Foundation UKNo public processGave £537k Narayan Seva Sansthan UKNo public processGave £346k Livingston Charitable TrustRollingGave £521k The Arisaig Partners FoundationRollingGave £232k JCD FoundationRollingGave £1.1M Mimansa Foundation TrustInvitation onlyGave £75,008 The Brendish Family FoundationNo public processGave £10,750 Ethnic Inclusion FoundationNo public processGave £13,000

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 January 2021	£592,561	£541,711	—	Accounts for year to 31 January 2021
year to 31 January 2022	£479,036	£535,051	—	Accounts for year to 31 January 2022
year to 31 January 2023	£666,707	£645,741	—	Accounts for year to 31 January 2023
year to 31 January 2024	£916,893	£804,669	£52,540	Accounts for year to 31 January 2024
year to 31 January 2025	£516,105	£696,377	£627,323	Accounts for year to 31 January 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2024

£52,540 grants

YE 2025

£627k paid

In 1 of the 2 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.

Grants paid, year to 31 January 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 January 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.