West Somerset Home (Blenheim Lodge) Limited

Analysis

West Somerset Home (Blenheim Lodge) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Minehead. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01375789). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, West Somerset Home (Blenheim Lodge) Limited reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £724k to £1.6m (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, West Somerset Home (Blenheim Lodge) Limited 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 Change Please Foundation (£1.6m), Bridge Street Pentecostal Church (£1.6m) and Carers in Bedfordshire (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 4.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £392k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.