BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1083272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARCHESTER HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION, WESTMINSTER HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION

Barchester Healthcare Foundation helps older people as well as working age adults with a learning or physical disability or mental health issue across England, Scotland and Wales. We give grants to help reduce isolation and loneliness, promote group activities and generally improve people's mobility and quality of life. We help individuals, small community groups and small local charities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£403k

Latest spending

£432k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,000 for the year, resulting in unrestricted fund balances decreasing from £339,000 to £311,000. The Trustees consider the charity has the ability to continue its operations for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity relies on donations and support from the Barchester Healthcare group, with no employees and no trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's maximum expected donations, estimated at £250,000 (held: £311k)

“The Trustees’ policy is that they would not normally hold designated fund reserves in excess of one year’s maximum expected donations, which they estimate at £250,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited recharged the charity for staff time and facilities.

“During the current year, Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited (part of the Barchester group) recharged the charity for the time of two part-time members of staff. This recharge amounted to £68,900; including £5,800 employer’s national insurance and £2,400 pension costs (2023: £64,500; including £5,400 employer’s national insurance and £2,300 pension costs). In addition to this, £12,000 of staff time was provided by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited which was not recharged and has been included as donated staff time as disclosed in note 2.” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04002177

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Barchester's Charitable Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

CONWAY, Shona — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
GIBSON, Suzanne Florence — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
COUNSELL, Mitch — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
LEWIS, Irene — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
HAMBLEN, Helen Sarah — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
HALE, Sally — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
MCCALL, Simon James — director, appointed 01/04/2023on trustee list
HATHER, Jon — secretary, appointed 03/10/2002

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Simon McCallchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Pete Calveley
Helen Hamblen
Irene Lewis
Sally Hale
Shona Conway
Suzanne Gibson

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

Operates in: Jersey · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£403k	£432k
31/12/2023	£486k	£313k
31/12/2022	£318k	£259k
31/12/2021	£234k	£229k
31/12/2020	£190k	£240k

Common questions

Is BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,000 for the year, resulting in unrestricted fund balances decreasing from £339,000 to £311,000. The Trustees consider the charity has the ability to continue its operations for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity relies on donations and support from the Barchester Healthcare group, with no employees and no trading subsidiaries. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	2	£90k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	2	£42k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£6k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£2k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3.1m
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£820k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARCHWAY FOUNDATION.

THE ARCHWAY FOUNDATION income £217k
THE RAINBOW FOUNDATION, WREXHAM income £2.0m
AGE UK BARNSLEY income £1.1m
FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY income £22.0m
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.1m
FAITHWORKS WESSEX income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION	£403k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ARCHWAY FOUNDATION FY2025	£217k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE RAINBOW FOUNDATION, WREXHAM FY2025	£2.0m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	within	—	no doubt
AGE UK BARNSLEY FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FY2024	£22.0m	£140,001 - £150,000	16	below	—	no doubt
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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