Healthwatch Richmond

Registered charity 1152333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q104605772 · also known as RICHMOND HEALTH VOICES

We run Healtwatch Richmond, the consumer champion for health and social care in the Richmond upon Thames. We do this by:- Providing information and advice- Engaging the community to hear their views and experiences and make these known to NHS and social care providers- Enabling local people to have a say in NHS and social care services by providing information, training and support.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY:(A) PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT LOCAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES;(B) MAKING THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWN TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS;(C) ENABLING LOCAL PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EQUALITY OF ACCESS TO LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND;(D) PROVIDING TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING, SCRUTINIZING, REVIEWING AND MONITORING LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: LONDON

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £160,542, which is within the stated policy target of £83,000 to £125,500 plus wind-up costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £18,434 for the year, driven by a reduction in contractual income and inflationary staff cost pressures. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with sufficient funding for at least the next 12 months despite political risks regarding the future of Healthwatch functions.

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

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.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan McNab
• Anne Marimuthu
• Annette Arnold
• Anthony Carraro
• Bonita Green
• James Hunt
• Lynda Crellin
• Paul Hainsworth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Bunnell
• THOMAS DUGALD GEOFFREY Millar

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

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• HEALTHWATCH SALFORD income £176k
• HEALTHWATCH SHROPSHIRE income £162k
• HEALTHWATCH SUTTON income £308k

Side by side with its peers

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