# ## ## |CONTENTS|PAGE| |---|---| |General information|| |Trustees'
Annual Report|3-9| |Responsibilities
ofthe Trustees|10| |Independent
Examiner's
report to the members|| |Statement of FinancialActivities|12| |Balance Sheet|13| |Notes to the financial
statements|14-17| ## ## ## ## |||~ ~
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~|| |---|---|---|---| |||NB:As required
by the Charity Commission
{CC)itisconfirmed that the|| |||Healthwatch
Oxfordshire
Trustees have hadregard
tothe guidance|| |||Issued by the CCon public benefit.|| |||Heaiihwatch
Oxfordshire
(HWO) exists to provide local|| |||Healthwatch
services within Oxfordshire,
through the following|| |||objects:|| |||+
Providing
information
and advice tothe public about local|| |||health and social care (I-i&SO)services.|| |||4
Making the views and experiences
ofthe public known to H&SC|| |||providers.|| |||Enabling
local people to have avoice ln the development,|| |||delivery, and equality ofaccess to local H&SCservices and|| |||facilities,|| |Summary ofthe objects ofthe||Providing
training
and development
of skills for volunteers
and|| |charity set|out In Its governing|the wider community
in:|| |document||understanding,
scrutinising,
reviewing, and monitoring
local|| |||H&SC facilities.|| |||The principal activities
in support ofthese objects are described
below,|| |||with each example supporting
one ofmore of HWO's Objects. This is not|| |||intended to bea total picture of HWO's activities during the year, but|| |||rather to give a flavour ofwhat we are achieving,
Our outreach program "on the ground, "was gradually
built up following|| |||the lifting of Covid restrictions.
Also, by use oftechnology, the website,|| |||and social media we have continued toreach out tothose members|of| |||the public who
public who for personal reasons
like to engage online,|| |||We have held webinars
enabling the public toengage with us and|| |||share their experiences as well as learning about changes
in health|| |||provision
in the county.|| |||+ During the year HWO heard from 13,355members
ofthe public|| |Summary ofthe main activities
undertaken
forthe public
benefit in relation tothese
objects (include within thIs
section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard tothe guidance
Issued by the Charity
Commission
on public benefit)||through a combination
oi. Website feedback centre, "Tell us"
Forms. Enter and View. This is an increase on the Signposting,
Voluntary
Sector, Surveys, and social media. This represents
an
increase on the previous year,
+ We helped 335people to find information
and advice
0 We continued
to circulate its bi-weekly
news briefing
giving a
rundown
on recent Health and Care related news.
4 During the year We published
the following research-based.
reports, based upon either trends
in issues raised by patients
and/or
listening to the seldom heard communities.|| |||—Outreach at University
Oxford Hospitals|| |||—Men in Carterton|| |Groups|with which
HWO has worked with|or met over|42groups|42groups| |---|---|---|---|---| |during|the year, some ofthem were:|||| |o|Banbury Mosque|||| |o|Oxford Community
Action|||| |o|Oxfordshire
Men's Health Partnership|||| |o|Asylum Welcome|||| |o|Carterton
warm space - StJohns Church|||| |o|Oxfordshire
Parent Carers Forum- Better Together|||SEND| ||event|||| |o|Oxfordshire
Council ofVolunta|Associations|(OCVA)|| |Additional|details ofoblectfves and actlvttkfs|details ofoblectfves and actlvttkfs|details ofoblectfves and actlvttkfs|details ofoblectfves and actlvttkfs|(Optional Information)|(Optional Information)|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |~|~||||||| |Summary ofthe main
achievements
af the charity
during the year|||1.|Learning and wider impact from our innovative
work with
community
researchers
developing
our new approach to
reaching communities
over the last yean
+ Created a film to showcase the work with three inspiring|||| |||||||community
researchers. watch Ilsfy|| |||||||community
researchers
featured
in an exhibition at|the| |||||||Old Fire Station on the power of storytelling
and features|| |||||||on the webslte bsrr|| ||||||+|Presented about community
researchers at the|| |||||||Oxfordshire
Marmalade
festival an event that promotes|| |||||||social change.|| |||||||Developed a model of engagement
and theory of|| |||||||change, accesshetL|| |||||||Contributed
tothe launch of Oxfordshire
County Council|| |||||||Community
Research Steering Group
ln March 2023|| |||||||presentation
on approach
and lesson learned,|| |||||||Successful application to Health Education
Engkrnd|(HEE)| |||||||for Community
Participatory
Action Researchers Phase 2|| |||||||(CPAR2) Scheme to support two community
researchers|| |||||||from Blackand minority
ethnic communities
to|| |||||||undertake
training,
mentorlng
and research from May|| |||||||2023- May 2024.|| ||||2.|Working||In partnership
with Oxfordshire
Youth tohear young|| |||||people's views on health and care. First two ofthree podcasts|||| |||||have been released listen hNtft. Created by young people|||| |||||themselves
on topics ofimportance tothem.|||| ## |||||||3. Increase in HWO's Interface with the public has been agood|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||demonstration
ofhow its performance
has improved, year on|| |||||||year.|| |||||||4. Bucks, Oxfordshire,
Berkshire West Inhgrated
Care Board (BOB|| |||||||ICB)anci its integrated
care partnership
was formally|| |||||||established
in 2022,along with the place-based
partnerships|in| |||||||the three counties.
HWO delivered a Patient Webinar on March|| |||||||31ston changes to health services with the new|| |||||||Bucklnghamshire,
Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated|| |||||||Care Board - presented
by Dan Leveson, Oxfordshire
Place|| |||||||Based Director. We are continuing
to provide information
based|| |||||||on feedback on useful topics via patient webinars e.g next topic|| |||||||South Central Ambulance
service (SCAS).|| |||||||S24,0BBhad been agreed by the Trustees to be set aside in a|| |Briefstatement||ofthe||chary's||Nationwide
deposit bank account to provide for wind-down
costs,|| |policy on resenres||||||should the current Grant-in-Aid
program
not be renewed
on I"April|| |||||||2023.As HWO now contracted to deliver the local Healthwatch|| |||||||function for Oxfordshire
forthe next five years the trustees
will review|| |||||||the reserves on an annual basis.|| |Details ofany
In deficit||funds|materially|||None,|| |Further financial review|||||detaih|(Optional information)|| |You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant about:||||||Healthwatch
organisations
have Statutory
Duties under the 2012
HSSC Act and are funded
by Government,
via their Local Authorities,
in this case the Oxfordshire
County Council (OCC), As such, HWO has|| |~|the charity's
principal
sources offunds (including
any fundraising);|||||not attempted
to raise charitable funds from either the Public or
Organisations
during
this year.
Since its inception
in 2013/14, HWO has been funded
by grant-in-aid
programs
from Lhe OCC and 2021/22 was the third ofa3-year grant|| |~|how expenditure||has|||in aid agreement
with the OCC.An extension to fund the year 2022/23|| ||supported|the key||||was successfully negotiated
by October 2021.|| ||objectives|ofthe|charity;|||Oxfordshire
County Council awarded a 6-years' contract for local|| |~|investment
policy and
objectives including
any
ethical investment
policy
adopted.|||||Healthwatch
services from April 1"2023 —March 2028 following an
open tendering
process.
HWO does not make financial investments,
using all its resources to
provide Local Healthwatch
Services.
The Directors/Trustees
have satisfied themselves
that HWO has|| |||||||ade uate funding forthe next five financia
Iyears covering 2023-28|| ## ## ## ## |||||||2022|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Notes|||||| |CURRENT ASSETS|||||||| |Debtors|||9,619||11,119||| |Cash at bank|||65,854||76,830||| ||||75,473||87,949||| |CREDITORS: Amounts
due within one year|falling||15,745||37,095||| |NET CURRENT ASSETS||||59,728|||50,854| |NET ASSETS||||59,728|||50,854| |FUNDS|||||||| |INCOME FUNDS|||||||| |Unrestricted
Income funds||10||59,728|||50,854| |Restricted Income funds||11|||||| |TOTAL INCOME FUNDS||||59,728|||50,854| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |INCOME FRO|M CHARITABLE AC|TIVITIES|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|Total Funds| |||||2023|2822| |Grants received|(OCC)|290,833||290,833|252,866| |Fee income (OCCG)||46,931||46,931|41,458| |Fee income (Other)||2,700||2,700|10,385| |||340,464||340,464|304,709| |EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE||ACTIVITIES|||| |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|Total Funds| |||||2023|2022| |||||f|f| |Staffing costs||252,253||252,253|246,757| |Premises costs||18,817||18,817|17,450| |Marketing
and communications||1S,677||15,677|15,796| |Project costs||11,257||11,257|15,488| |Sundry running|costs|24,221||24,221|25,737| |Governance||9,502||9,502|8,619| |Total charitable|activities|331,727||331,727|329,847| ## ## |||||Unrestricted|Restricted|TotalFunds|Total Funds| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||2023|2022| |||||f|E|f|| |Independent|Examination||fee|810||810|810| |Accountancy|fees|||7,783||7,783|7,809| |Other governance||costs||781||781|| |Trustee expenses||||128||128|| |||||9,502||9,502|8,619| ## |STAFF COSTS||| |---|---|---| |||2022| |||E| |Wages|218,102|215,485| |Social security costs|17,782|16)908| |I'ension contributions|10,727|10,482| ||246,611|242,875| ## |DEBTORS||| |---|---|---| ||2023|2022| ||E|| |Accounts receivable||| |Prepayments|9,619|11,119| ||9,619|11,119| ## |CREDITORS|||| |---|---|---|---| |||2023|2022| |||E|f| |Taxation and social security||3,905|5,557| |Income received|in advance||19,577| |Other creditors||5,140|8,661| |Accruals||6,700|3,300| |||15,745|37,095| ## ||||Balance at
1Apr 22
f|Income
f|Expenditure|Transfers
f|Balance at
31Mar 23
f| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other|unrestricted|funds|50,854|340,601|-331,727||59,728| ||||50,854|340,601|-331,727||59,728| |Previous|year||||||| ||||Balance at
1Apr 21|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Balance at
31Mar 22| ||||f||||| |Other|unrestricted|funds|75,974|304,727|-329,847||50,854| ||||75,974|304,727|-329,847||50,854| ## ## ##