HEALTHWATCH MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1179089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Consumer champion to users of Manchester's health and care services, with a statutory role under the Health and Care Act 2012. We gather service user experience information and use it to represent the views and priorities of local people to service commissioners and providers, we also have a signposting function and are one of the city's safeguarding reporting centres.

Objects

4. THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: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 AND;COMPANY REGISTERED IN ENGLAND NO. 08465025(D) PROVIDING TRAINING ENABLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING, SCRUTINIZING, 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 charity incurred a net deficit of £18,172 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in net liabilities of £2,487. This deficit was attributed to essential salary increases not covered by unchanged core grant funding. The trustees remain satisfied that the charity is a going concern despite these financial pressures.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Sarson
• Charles Kwaku-Odoi · trustee of 6 other charities
• Circle Steele
• Michael Taylor
• Sally Dervan

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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• HEALTHWATCH HERTFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £574k
• HEALTHWATCH SALFORD income £176k
• HEALTHWATCH NORTH TYNESIDE income £244k
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• HEALTHWATCH NORTH YORKSHIRE income £265k
• New Dialogue income £189k

Side by side with its peers

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