Trust or foundation, registered charity 1117535
The Waterloo Foundation
From 2021 to now, The Waterloo Foundation has given at least £2.1 million to charities in Wales.
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training | £1,648,525 | 80% | 36 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £1,126,718 | 54% | 21 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £1,062,775 | 51% | 18 |
| General charitable purposes | £1,062,358 | 51% | 21 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £695,658 | 34% | 12 |
| Health and saving lives | £657,278 | 32% | 22 |
| Disability | £376,960 | 18% | 16 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £375,025 | 18% | 11 |
| Other charitable purposes | £374,354 | 18% | 10 |
| Accommodation and housing | £333,255 | 16% | 9 |
| Amateur sport | £249,576 | 12% | 8 |
| Recreation | £246,697 | 12% | 7 |
| Human rights, equality and diversity | £187,416 | 9% | 6 |
| Overseas aid and famine relief | £62,288 | 3% | 1 |
| Animals | £45,000 | 2% | 1 |
| Religious activities | £5,000 | 0% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2026 | £35,000 |
| 2025 | £881,995 |
| 2024 | £603,977 |
| 2023 | £537,715 |
| 2022 | £10,000 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 51
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 19 of 51
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff22
- Swansea5
- Neath Port Talbot3
- Rhondda Cynon Taf3
- Powys2
- Vale of Glamorgan2
- Carmarthenshire2
- Wrexham2
- Flintshire2
- Bridgend2
- Blaenau Gwent1
- Pembrokeshire1
- Newport1
- Merthyr Tydfil1
- Ceredigion1
- Caerphilly1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £1 million to £5 million21
- £500,000 to £1 million17
- Over £5 million5
- £10,000 to £100,0004
- £100,000 to £500,0004
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
OUR MAIN PROGRAMMES SUPPORT:WORLD DEVELOPMENT IN THE POOREST COUNTRIES (ALTHOUGH NOT DISASTER RELIEF) THE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS IMPACTING CLIMATE CHANGE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY, WE CAN ALSO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN WALES.
- Status
- Registered on 10 January 2007
- Income in its latest year
- £15,462,325, year ending 31 December 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- No
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brynawel House Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centre Ltd | £35,000 | Charity's accounts | 2026 |
| United Purpose | £62,288 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| The Parish Trust | £5,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| The Amelia Methodist Trust Company Limited | £45,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Cardiff City FC Community Foundation | £18,975 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Pembrokeshire Federation of Women's Institutes | £500 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Vale Domestic Abuse Services | £50,389 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Welsh Dance Theatre Trust Limited | £11,971 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| Huggard | £92,500 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Innovate Trust Ltd | £25,601 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Port Talbot and Afan Womens Aid | £8,333 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| The City Hospice Trust Limited | £11,651 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Carmarthen Domestic Abuse Services Ltd | £25,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Valleys Kids | £150,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| View ( Dove ) Ltd | £24,476 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Sparkle (South Wales) | £500 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility | £66,287 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Riverside Advice Ltd | £36,190 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Welsh Refugee Council | £30,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Dynamic Centre for Children and Young People with Disabilities | £25,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Home-start Cymru for Families | £32,227 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Bridgend Carers Centre | £105,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Food Redistribution Wales Ltd | £80,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Size of Wales | £416,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Recovery Cymru Community | £15,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Swansea YMCA | £92,997 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Cardiff Young Men's Christian Association | £70,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Newcis | £46,424 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Project Seagrass | £27,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Cancer Research Wales | £25,000 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Age Cymru Powys | £27,862 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Swansea Parent Carer Forum | £760 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
| Swansea Women's Aid | £46,432 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Valley Veterans | £1,500 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Hospice of the Valleys | £49,100 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Limited | £20,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Cerebral Palsy Cymru | £6,667 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Nofit State Community Circus Ltd | £5,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Kim Inspire | £20,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| The Bevan Foundation | £35,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Women's Equality Network Wales | £5,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| The Venture (Wrexham) Limited | £24,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru | £28,357 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Aberystwyth & District Hospice at Home Volunteers | £30,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
| Melin Community Trust | £5,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Techniquest | £15,500 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Llamau Limited | £55,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Wallich-clifford Community | £25,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| The National Botanic Garden of Wales | £15,000 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Swansea MAD | £9,200 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Noah's Ark Children's Hospital Charity | £10,000 | Charity's accounts | 2022 |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.