The League of Friends of the Yeovil Hospitals

Analysis

The League of Friends of the Yeovil Hospitals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-Sub-Hamdon. It was registered in September 1968, 58 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 and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The League of Friends of the Yeovil Hospitals reported income of £779k and spending of £1.5m, spending 191% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £247k to £779k (+216%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 835%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The League of Friends of the Yeovil Hospitals sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wakefield and District Carers Association (£779k), Brainstrust (£779k) and Nottinghamshire Deaf Society (£779k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 76%, donations and legacies 16% and investments 6.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £124k. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 29%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.