FISH NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE

Registered charity 1147516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FISH (FRIENDSHIP INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT HELP)

To promote charitable purposes for the benefit of the residents of Barnes, Mortlake and East Sheen within the Borough of Richmond upon Thames, by providing assistance and support to relieve the needs, distress or suffering of the inhabitants.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES, IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE RESIDENT IN BARNES, MORTLAKE AND EAST SHEEN, AND OF SURROUNDING AREAS IN ADJACENT LONDON BOROUGHS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND CARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS, DISTRESS OR SUFFERING OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£240k
Latest spending
£237k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that FiSH Neighbourhood Care reported a surplus of £3,084 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £164,979. The trustees acknowledge that the economic position remains uncertain and may require future deficits to be met from reserves, noting a reliance on funding from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 50% of expected expenditure (held: £165k)
“We have modelled a range of outcomes and on average a general reserve of 50% of expected expenditure will meet our strategic deliverables.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 400
  • Government income: £25,809 — grants £25,809 (3); 11% of the £240,389 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 236
  • Government income: £25,332 — grants £25,332 (3); 10% of the £258,363 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Government income: £28,163 — grants £28,163 (3); 14% of the £201,279 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£240k£237k
31/03/2024£258k£309k
31/03/2023£201k£215k
31/03/2022£158k£163k
31/03/2021£199k£116k

Common questions

Is FISH NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that FiSH Neighbourhood Care reported a surplus of £3,084 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £164,979. The trustees acknowledge that the economic position remains uncertain and may require future deficits to be met from reserves, noting a reliance on funding from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FISH NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FISH NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, The Barnes Fund, Richmond Foundation, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNES, THE INMAN CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£30kOlder People & Housing Programme
The Barnes FundFY2021£27kRelief of Aged - Organisation Core Funding
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kOlder People & Housing Programme
The Barnes FundFY2023£25kOrganisation Core Funding
The Barnes FundFY2024Unverified read£25kSupport for Older People
Richmond FoundationFY2025£20kProject Grant
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNESFY2025£15kGrants for UK and overseas mission
Richmond FoundationFY2024£11kGrant awarded in 2023/24
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNESFY2023£5kGrants for UK and overseas mission
THE INMAN CHARITYFY2024£4kSocial - Older People and Social Welfare
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNESFY2024£3kGrants for UK and overseas mission
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNESFY2022£3kGrants for the relief of poverty
The Barnes FundFY2022£2kRelief of Aged
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2025£700Employee charitable collections

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company11/05/2023£80kGrant to FiSH Neighbourhood Care
The Mercers' Company18/05/2020£5kCovid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/06/2014£4k"'Great WarÂ’ memories and music FiSH neighbourhood care project"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FINCHLEY FOODBANK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FISH NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE£240k—0unclear—no doubt
FINCHLEY FOODBANK FY2025£278k—0above—no doubt
THE FISHER PARKINSON TRUST LIMITED FY2025£134k—0above—no doubt
CARE MERSEYSIDE FY2025£316k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK RICHMOND UPON THAMES FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
FISHER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£11k—0above—no doubt

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