Registered charity · Colchester
Healthwatch Essex Limited
- 6 trustees
- Income £792k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Independent public voice, challenge and assurance function in support of NHS Essex Integrated Care Board's Population Health Improvement Programme (PHIP)
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) has awarded a contract to Healthwatch Essex Ltd (Healthwatch Essex) for the delivery of an independent public voice, challenge and assurance function in support of the Population Health Improv…
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.healthwatchessex.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Clear - Centre for Lived Experience & Applied Research LTD
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£792k£760k
- 2024£706k£668k
- 2023£583k£642k
Earlier years
- 2022£703k£587k
- 2021£795k£561k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 18% · Government grants 58%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
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;(D) PROVIDING TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING, SCRUTINIZING, REVIEWING AND MONITORING LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES.
Grants received
5 grants · £109,551 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £94,551 (4 grants)
- Veterans Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Amanda Cherry since 2020
- Daniel Joseph Taggart since 2022
- Dr Steven Carey since 2021
- John Michael Blake since 2022
- Laura Brookes since 2019
- Neil Jones since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Amanda Cherry since 2020
- Laura Brookes since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Amanda Cherry since 2020
- Daniel Joseph Taggart since 2022
- Dr Steven Carey since 2021
- John Michael Blake since 2022
- Laura Brookes since 2019
- Neil Jones since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 14.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158356
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 JUL 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/08/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 APR 2016 as amended on 14 Sep 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 08360699 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01376 572829 · enquiries@healthwatchessex.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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