HEALTH EXCHANGE

Registered charity 1188838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aim of the organisation is the design and development of health and wellbeing services in a way that will enable individuals and communities to have the capacity and confidence to to achieve better health and wellbeing.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8.1m
Latest spending
£7.2m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £838,408 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total group income increasing by 6% to £8,046,144. Free reserves (unrestricted funds minus fixed assets) stood at £2,337,382, significantly above the stated minimum policy target of £300,000. The trustees and auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and social security) exceeded £60,000 was: Group 2025 £ In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1 In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum of £300,000 (held: £2.3m)
“The Governing Board has established a Reserves Policy setting a minimum of £300,000 to be retained for the charity’s strategic reserves” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Scotdoc Consultancy Ltd, a company where Trustee Russell Muirhead is a director, provided clinical supervision services to staff. The cost of these services totaled £6,504 (2024: £6,511). At the year-end an amount of £542 was owed to (2024: £542) Scotdoc Consultancy Ltd.
“During the year Scotdoc Consultancy Ltd, a company where Trustee Russell Muirhead is a director, provided clinical supervision services to staff. The cost of these services totaled £6,504 (2024: £6,511). At the year-end an amount of £542 was owed to (2024: £542) Scotdoc Consultancy Ltd.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Living Well Taking Control – Health Exchange Limited
“The charity has a subsidiary, Living Well Taking Control – Health Exchange Limited (company no. 14541125) which has its own Board of Directors.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

LIVING WELL TAKING CONTROL - HEALTH EXCHANGE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £6.8m
  • Profit before tax: £835k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £300k
  • Note 6 Creditors discloses £450,556 owed to group undertakings (2024: £422,905).
“Gift aid payment (300,000)”

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 · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£8.1m
Total spending
£7.2m
Reserves (reported)
£300k
Employees
55

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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
31/03/2025£8.1m£7.2m
31/03/2024£7.6m£6.8m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.4m

Common questions

Is HEALTH EXCHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £838,408 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total group income increasing by 6% to £8,046,144. Free reserves (unrestricted funds minus fixed assets) stood at £2,337,382, significantly above the stated minimum policy target of £300,000. The trustees and auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

What does the highest-paid employee of HEALTH EXCHANGE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England27/06/2022£239kCOVID-19 Together Fund

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 HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEALTH EXCHANGE£8.1m£70,001 - £80,0002above—no doubt
HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE FY2025£2.6m—0above—no doubt
HEALTH LIMITED FY2025£10.0m£70,001 - £80,000—above5.0%no doubt
HEALTH FOR ALL (LEEDS) LTD FY2025£2.4m—0below—no doubt
THE HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS HEALTH CHARITY FY2025£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
LEV CHAIM FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt

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