The Friends of Wincanton Community Hospital

Analysis

The Friends of Wincanton Community Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of Wincanton Community Hospital reported income of £37k and spending of £23k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £37k (+206%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 364%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Friends of Wincanton Community Hospital sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy (£37k), Seed Studios (£37k) and Church Wilne Rotary Trust (£37k).