HEALTHWATCH WAKEFIELD

Registered charity 1166797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide information and advice about local health and social care services; make the views of the public known to health and care providers; enable local people to have a voice in the development and delivery of services; provide training and development for volunteers in understanding, reviewing and monitoring local health and care services; and conduct investigations and research.

Objects

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;(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;(E) CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH INTO RELEVANT HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ISSUES AND MAKING PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH WORK.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £27,538 for the period ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £493,582 and total expenditure of £466,044. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £193,984, representing approximately five months of annual expenditure, which falls within the stated policy target of holding between three and six months' running costs. The trustees acknowledge a future risk to the charity's existence due to a government announcement to abolish local Healthwatch organisations, with foreclosure planned for the 2026/27 financial year.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Kent
• Berni O'Brien
• Iain Wilkinson
• Mary Roche
• Melvyn Ingleson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Antony Harwood
• Roger Grasby

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

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