Wigton Hospital and Solway Community League of Friends

Analysis

Wigton Hospital and Solway Community League of Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in June 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wigton Hospital and Solway Community League of Friends reported income of £12k and spending of £3,229, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £6,919 to £12k (+69%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 271%. Over the whole period it spent 178% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wigton Hospital and Solway Community League of Friends sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smile for Me (£12k), Kokrobite Chiltern Centre (£12k) and Beaconsfield Community Association (£12k).