Friends of Melksham Hospital and Community

Analysis

Friends of Melksham Hospital and Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in March 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Melksham Hospital and Community reported income of £14k and spending of £13k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £111 to £14k (+12229%), an average of +233% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 8014%. Over the whole period it spent 192% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Friends of Melksham Hospital and Community sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goscote Greenacres Community Garden (£14k), Friends of St Johns School (£14k) and Friends of Barling Magna Primary Academy (£14k).