WELLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TRUST

Registered charity 1154540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's works are to improve and maintain the Health and Wellbeing of our coastal community.The Trust owns and runs out of the old cottage hospital.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£300k

Latest spending

£361k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £181,920, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £165,000 (equivalent to six months' operating expenditure). Total expenses increased to £359,487 while overall income decreased by 11% compared to the previous year. The trustees acknowledge financial viability as a key risk but confirm the charity is operating on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants

“Grants - 88,614 88,614 - 116,733 116,733” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months operating expenditure which amounts to approximately £165,000 (held: £182k)

“It is the trustees’ intention to build up free reserves (unrestricted current assets less liabilities) to the equivalent of six months operating expenditure which amounts to approximately £165,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wells Community Hospital Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Timothy Francis Howchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Clare Collins
Dr David Andrew James Ince
Lisa Reynolds
Simon Parkes

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£300k	£361k
31/03/2024	£337k	£335k
31/03/2023	£259k	£291k
31/03/2022	£238k	£231k
31/03/2021	£185k	£182k

Common questions

Is WELLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £181,920, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £165,000 (equivalent to six months' operating expenditure). Total expenses increased to £359,487 while overall income decreased by 11% compared to the previous year. The trustees acknowledge financial viability as a key risk but confirm the charity is operating on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WELLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WELLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TRUST as a grant recipient include AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k