BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

Registered charity 1164954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST BERKSHIRE THERAPY CENTRE

The objectives are the preservation and protection of the physical and mental health of people who have a disability or are in need of rehabilitation as a result of illness by establishing, developing and operating facilities to assist int their treatment, care and rehabilitation including but not limited to the provision of appropriate exercise equipment.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A DISABILITY OR WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OR ARE IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS BY ESTABLISHING,DEVELOPING AND OPERATING FACILITIES TO ASSIST IN THEIR TREATMENT, CARE AND REHABILITATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£174k
Latest spending
£232k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £132,039, which the trustees consider satisfactory against a policy target of six months of running costs. The charity reported a surplus of £190,208 for the year, funded by £173,866 in incoming resources against £146,162 in charitable expenditure. The financial position is supported by cash and debtors totaling £54,972 with minimal current liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of running costs (reserves figure: £132k)
“The trustees have determined that this amount should be approximately six months of running costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £173,866 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £18,886 — grants £18,886 (1); 11% of the £177,544 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £116,003 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£174k£232k
30/09/2024£178k£146k
30/09/2023£116k£113k
30/09/2022£145k£110k
30/09/2021£90k£86k

Common questions

Is BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £132,039, which the trustees consider satisfactory against a policy target of six months of running costs. The charity reported a surplus of £190,208 for the year, funded by £173,866 in incoming resources against £146,162 in charitable expenditure. The financial position is supported by cash and debtors totaling £54,972 with minimal current liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANY, BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2023£5kSmaller Grants
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2024£5k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3kReplacement gym machines for this independent rehabilitation gym for people with mobility challenges.
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£2k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2026£20kMaintaining Free Access to Community Rehabilitation and Wellbeing

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Berkshire Healthcare Charity.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES£174k—0unclear—no doubt
Berkshire Healthcare Charity FY2025£641k—0above—no doubt
ENRYCH BERKSHIRE FY2025£14k—0unclear—no doubt
PUDSEY WELLBEING CHARITY FY2026£72k—0above—no doubt
Berkshire Youth LTD FY2026£1.4m—0within—no doubt
BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED FY2025£2.6m—2above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.