REVITALISE RESPITE HOLIDAYS

Registered charity 295072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VITALISE, VITALISE HOLIDAYS, WFT, WINGED FELLOWSHIP TRUST

ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR CARERS

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Latest income
£8.3m
Latest spending
£12.0m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3.7m for the year ended 31 January 2025, following the closure of its frontline respite services. Despite the operational shutdown, unrestricted working capital reserves stood at £2.6m, which the trustees note provides approximately 5.3 months of expenditure cover against their stated policy target of three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.7m)
“The Charity considers that a policy of maintaining unrestricted reserves equivalent to its expenditure on unrestricted charitable activities for a period of at least 3 months is appropriate; for this year this equates to a minimum reserve target of £2.3m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Revitalise Respite Holidays — Deregistered, 7 registered locations, last inspected 25/07/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£8.3m
Total spending
£12.0m
Cost of raising funds
£486k
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
193

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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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£8.3m£12.0m
31/01/2024£8.5m£9.3m
31/01/2023£6.9m£7.9m
31/01/2022£6.9m£7.6m
31/01/2021£10.6m£9.7m

Common questions

Is REVITALISE RESPITE HOLIDAYS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3.7m for the year ended 31 January 2025, following the closure of its frontline respite services. Despite the operational shutdown, unrestricted working capital reserves stood at £2.6m, which the trustees note provides approximately 5.3 months of expenditure cover against their stated policy target of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds REVITALISE RESPITE HOLIDAYS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REVITALISE RESPITE HOLIDAYS as a grant recipient include THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST, SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, BRUCE WAKE CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2022£10kRespite Recovery
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2017£10kNew for Netley - Refurbishing the Volunteer Block at Netley Waterside
The National Lottery Community Fund14/01/2015£10kRevitalising the Jubilee Lodge Volunteer Block
City Bridge Foundation28/11/2013£51kGrant to Revitalise

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 THE RESPITE ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REVITALISE RESPITE HOLIDAYS£8.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE RESPITE ASSOCIATION FY2024£197k—0unclear—no doubt
TAKE A BREAK WARWICKSHIRE LIMITED FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
The Chiltern Centre Limited FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MAYTREE RESPITE CENTRE FY2025£249k—0above—no doubt
THE REDBRIDGE RESPITE CARE ASSOCIATION FY2026£323k—0unclear—no doubt

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