League of Friends of the Budleigh Salterton Hospital

Analysis

League of Friends of the Budleigh Salterton Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Po Box 83. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, League of Friends of the Budleigh Salterton Hospital reported income of £15k and spending of £55k, spending 371% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £94k to £15k (-84%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 308% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, League of Friends of the Budleigh Salterton Hospital sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alex Hulme Foundation (£15k), Brighter Start (£15k) and Free Your Instinct (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.