League of Friends of the Williton and District Hospital

Analysis

League of Friends of the Williton and District Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in June 1988, 38 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, League of Friends of the Williton and District Hospital reported income of £31k and spending of £11k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £3,726 to £31k (+731%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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 the Williton and District Hospital sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund (£31k), The Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance (£31k) and The Centre of Excellence (£31k).