HEALTHWATCH OXFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 1172554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Main activities:(a) providing information and advice to the general public about local health and social care services;(b) listening to and 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

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED INCLUDING 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; AND(D) PROVIDING TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING, SCRUTINISING, 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 accounts state that the financial statements were prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and the Charities SORP. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest the accounts were materially non-compliant with statutory or regulatory requirements. The trustees reported that the annual report was prepared taking advantage of exemptions available to small companies.

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 4 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Anne Shaw
• Emily Jane Williams
• Philip Grimshaw Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sasha Shepperd
• Sylvia Buckingham
• Tracey Mair Rees

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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

• HEALTHWATCH ESSEX LIMITED income £792k
• New Dialogue income £189k
• HEALTHWATCH HERTFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £574k
• HEALTHWATCH MANCHESTER income £152k
• HEALTHWATCH NORTH YORKSHIRE income £265k
• AGE UK OXFORDSHIRE income £6.5m

Side by side with its peers

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