The League of Friends of South Petherton Hospital

Analysis

The League of Friends of South Petherton Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Petherton. It was registered in October 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The League of Friends of South Petherton Hospital reported income of £13k and spending of £12k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £13k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 157% 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 League of Friends of South Petherton Hospital sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gentle Birth Method Foundation (£13k), Penwithick Community Hall (£13k) and Hawksbee Charitable Trust (£13k).