The Taunton Aid in Sickness Fund

Analysis

The Taunton Aid in Sickness Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in March 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Taunton Aid in Sickness Fund reported income of £18k and spending of £44k, spending 248% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £18k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 Taunton Aid in Sickness Fund sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Queensferry War Memorial Institute (£18k), Halesowen Asian Elderly Association (£18k) and The Moss Trust (Guildford) (£18k).