NUNEATON & BEDWORTH HEALTHY LIVING NETWORK

Registered charity 1149396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N&B HLN

Various activities to promote and protect physical & mental health including:--Redistribute surplus food from the private sector to people in Warwickshire-Weekly health and wellbeing days for older and vulnerable people-Carry out Mini Health Checks -Plot to plate sessions, teaching people how to sow, grow cook and eat healthy food-Recruitment, training and support of volunteers

Objects

TO PROMOTE, PROTECT AND IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND NARROW THE GAP IN HEALTH INEQUALITIES, OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTHERN WARWICKSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT. IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING NUTRITION, WELLBEING AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net incoming resource of £5,496 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and designated reserves standing at £178,156. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted general reserve of £9,643 is below the lower bound of this target. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nuneaton & Bedworth Healthy Living Network (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Belinda Jane Bollans
• Philip George Salmon
• ROBERT DAVID TRAHERN

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Leicestershire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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