Healthwatch Kirklees

Analysis

Healthwatch Kirklees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08456146). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Healthwatch Kirklees reported income of £437k and spending of £455k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £317k to £437k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Healthwatch Kirklees sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transplant Sport UK (£437k), Article 39 (£437k) and Shree Sanatan Mandir and Community Centre (£437k).