RESPITE AT HOME VOLUNTEERS WEST MID BEDS & IVEL VALLEY

Registered charity 1161178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RHV

Respite at Home volunteers offers FREE befriending and support to patients and carers in their home

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced an existential threat earlier in the year with funding critically low, but has since secured significant grants to ensure at least 12 months of operation. However, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves are currently below their stated policy target, with a calculated shortfall of £4,411 against the goal of holding six months of core expenditure. The charity remains heavily dependent on securing future grants and donations to maintain its financial viability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of gross core expenditure (held: £10k)
Our policy is to hold 6 months of gross core expenditure as a reserve. — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Respite at Home Volunteers West Mid Beds and Ivel Valley (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£26k£28k
30/06/2024£23k£30k
30/06/2023£25k£27k
30/06/2022£18k£21k
30/06/2021£22k£16k

Common questions

Is RESPITE AT HOME VOLUNTEERS WEST MID BEDS & IVEL VALLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity faced an existential threat earlier in the year with funding critically low, but has since secured significant grants to ensure at least 12 months of operation. However, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves are currently below their stated policy target, with a calculated shortfall of £4,411 against the goal of holding six months of core expenditure. The charity remains heavily dependent on securing future grants and donations to maintain its financial viability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/06/2023£10kRHV Hubs project