The Friends of Blandford Community Hospital

Analysis

The Friends of Blandford Community Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blandford Forum. It was registered in December 1988, 38 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Friends of Blandford Community Hospital reported income of £186k and spending of £244k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £229k to £186k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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 Blandford Community Hospital sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adventure Therapy (£186k), International Christian Consulate (£186k) and The Clover Trust (£186k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.