League of Friends of Minehead and West Somerset Hospital and the Community

Analysis

League of Friends of Minehead and West Somerset Hospital and the Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in April 1973, 53 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.

In the financial year ending September 2025, League of Friends of Minehead and West Somerset Hospital and the Community reported income of £23k and spending of £2,807, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £46k to £23k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 205%. Over the whole period it spent 59% 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 of Minehead and West Somerset Hospital and the Community sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Deep Griha (UK) (£23k), Redeemed Christian Church of God ('RCCG') Apata-Irapada (Rock of Redemption Parish) (£23k) and Meningitis Help (£23k).