HEALTHWATCH KIRKLEES

Registered charity 1156338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Healthwatch Kirklees is an independent charity working to gather and represent peoples views and experiences to help improve health, wellbeing and public services, and influence how services are planned and delivered.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE 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;E.CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO RELEVANT HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ISSUES AND MAKING PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; ANDF.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.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £17,963 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £268,264. This reserve level is above the charity's stated policy target of £130,000 (three months of expenditure). The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Investment
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chloe Harrison
• Dawn Alison Wood
• Farida Ali
• Joseph Casey
• Melvyn John Ingleson
• Nick Whittingham
• Rachel Horner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Morse · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sudhi Ankaarth
• Susan Hilary Thompson
• Suzi King
• Tony Wilkinson

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

Operates in: Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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