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

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF FAMILIES, CAREERS AND FRIENDS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES BY THE PROVISION OF HOSPICE-TYPE COMMUNITY CARE / A HOME CARE SERVICE IN THE WEST MID BEDS AND IVEL VALLEY AREAS OF CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE.

Area of benefit: WEST MID BEDS AND IVEL VALLEY AREAS OF CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE

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 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gareth Mackeychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Clare Louise Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joyce Hallworth
• MARK SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Julie Murphy

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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