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Berkshire Healthcare Charity

Registered charity 1049733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERKSHIRE HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND, BERKSHIRE HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES

The main purpose of the charitable funds held on trust is to apply income to cover the provision of support to the NHS for services that would not normally be paid for out of NHS funds. These activities operate to cover patients and staff for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, providing mental health and community health services to the resident population of Berkshire, England.

Objects

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Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£641k
Latest spending
£73k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £1,305,000, with £505,000 in freely available unrestricted reserves, which exceeds the stated policy target of £250,000. The charity reported a net income of £568,000 for the year, driven by significant unrestricted donations and legacies, while maintaining a surplus in its unrestricted funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £250,000 (held: £505k)
“It is however considered prudent that a minimum total reserve of £250,000 should be held to cover contingencies.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management fee charged by Corporate Trustee
“The charity was charged a management fee of £15K (2023/24: £15K) during the year by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for production of accounts and general management.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Berkshire Healthcare Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£641k
Total spending
£73k
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£505k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~83.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£641k£73k
31/03/2024£131k£331k
31/03/2023£456k£368k
31/03/2022£428k£94k
31/03/2021£279k£103k

Common questions

Is Berkshire Healthcare Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £1,305,000, with £505,000 in freely available unrestricted reserves, which exceeds the stated policy target of £250,000. The charity reported a net income of £568,000 for the year, driven by significant unrestricted donations and legacies, while maintaining a surplus in its unrestricted funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Berkshire Healthcare Charity?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Berkshire Healthcare Charity as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£108kGrant

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM1£55k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION1£30k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£2k
THE DWF FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Berkshire Healthcare Charity£641k—0above—no doubt
ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
Black Country Healthcare Charity Fund FY2025£230k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWBURY AND THATCHAM HOSPITAL BUILDING TRUST FY2025£6.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.