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Registered charity 1159377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEALTHWATCH KINGSTON, HEALTHWATCH KINGSTON UPON THAMES

Healthwatch Kingston upon Thames is the independent champion for health & social care services for local people of all ages and backgrounds who live in or access services in the borough. We aim to improve these services by gathering feedback and representing people's views, influencing policy and service development and working with local people, providers and commissioners.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED INCLUDING BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP PRIMARILY FOR THE POPULATION OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES 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.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £10,365 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £90,334 to £79,969. The reserves policy target was set at £42,277.88, and the actual unrestricted reserves (general fund) were £0, while total restricted funds were £79,969. The accounts were independently examined with no matters requiring attention, and the charity remains solvent with net current assets of £79,969.

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathryn Yateschair
• David Stephen Linton
• Karen Dempster
• Luke Philip Lartey Washington
• Scotty McLeod · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria Helen Priest
• Virginia Collins

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEALTHWATCH ESSEX LIMITED.

• HEALTHWATCH ESSEX LIMITED income £792k
• HEALTHWATCH OXFORDSHIRE income £349k
• Kingston Giving income £145k
• HEALTHWATCH HERTFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £574k
• HEALTHWATCH MANCHESTER income £152k
• MIND IN KINGSTON income £808k

Side by side with its peers

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