League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital

Analysis

League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wellington. It was registered in February 1967, 59 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 services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital reported income of £1.5m and spending of £969k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £913k to £1.5m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Musgrove Park Hospital sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (£1.5m), Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust (£1.5m) and Southend on Sea Guild of Help and Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 49%, donations and legacies 46% and investments 4.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £633k. Charitable activities took 36% of spending and raising funds 63%. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 28 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.