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PATIENT SAFETY WATCH

Registered charity 1185650 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Patient Safety Watch will promote, preserve and protect the health of the public by carrying out and commissioning research into patient safety issues. We will focus on the nature of preventable harm and how to reduce it in healthcare systems around the world, focusing initially on the NHS in England.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£160k
Latest spending
£155k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £5,000 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total income of £159,544 against total expenditure of £154,544. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £20,568 are maintained at a level equivalent to three months of expenditure, satisfying the charity's own reserves policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially non-compliant.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three month’s expenditure (held: £21k)
“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent of three month’s expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to APPG chaired by Trustee
“During the year, £2,000 (2024: £nil) was paid to Patient Safety APPG who, as noted in the Trustees' Report on page 3, is chaired by the Rt Hon Sir J Hunt.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£160k£155k
31/01/2024£138k£135k
31/01/2023£208k£213k
31/01/2022£164k£200k
31/01/2021£163k£189k

Common questions

Is PATIENT SAFETY WATCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £5,000 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total income of £159,544 against total expenditure of £154,544. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £20,568 are maintained at a level equivalent to three months of expenditure, satisfying the charity's own reserves policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially non-compliant. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.