The League of Friends of Edenbridge and District War Memorial Hospital

Analysis

The League of Friends of Edenbridge and District War Memorial Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 1964, 62 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The League of Friends of Edenbridge and District War Memorial Hospital reported income of £16k and spending of £10k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £16k to £16k (-2.7%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 175% 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 Edenbridge and District War Memorial Hospital sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ollie and Amelia Carroll Foundation (£16k), Burgess Hill Brownie and Guide Associations (£16k) and The Harley Staples Cancer Trust (£16k).