FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Registered charity 1184477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF WMH, THE FRIENDS, The League of Friends of the Westminster Memorial Hospital, Shaftesbury

Working with Dorset Healthcare and other relevant organisations, to ensure the long-term existence of the Westminster Memorial Hospital.Supporting staff in delivering excellent standards of treatment and care by raising funds for medical equipment, vehicles, refurbishment and infrastructure projects that are beyond the affordability and scope of the NHS.

Objects

“The objects of the CIO shall be the physical and mental relief, care and wellbeing of the patients and former patients of Westminster Memorial Hospital, Shaftesbury, and Dorset HealthCare, including the elderly and those suffering from the disabilities of old age or otherwise being in need.”

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£401k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased to £138,603, which the trustees consider sufficient for the next 12 months, though total unrestricted reserves are significantly lower than the stated policy target. The charity notes that long-term strategy projects are currently restricted until reserves are replenished from property letting income or new legacies.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £200,000 (held: £139k)

“to maintain, an RPI-linked base reserve, starting from April 2025, of £200,000” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The CIO is well placed to ensure continued support of core funding for Matron’s needs for the Hospital however, until the reserves are replenished, no further long-term strategy projects can be undertaken without further legacies or borrowing.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Westminster Memorial Hospital (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£871k

Total spending

£45k

Cost of raising funds

£24k

Reserves (reported)

£2.0m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Philip Proctor · trustee of 1 other charity
Julian Caulfeild Mostyn Prichard
Justine Andrea Elmendorff
Nigel Melville Douglas House

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£106k	£401k
31/12/2023	£871k	£45k
31/12/2022	£394k	£45k
31/12/2021	£430k	£305k
31/12/2020	£173k	£195k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves increased to £138,603, which the trustees consider sufficient for the next 12 months, though total unrestricted reserves are significantly lower than the stated policy target. The charity notes that long-term strategy projects are currently restricted until reserves are replenished from property letting income or new legacies. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£477k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF THE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.

THE FRIENDS OF THE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL income £116k
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL income £254k
FRIENDS OF VICTORIA HOSPITAL WIMBORNE income £308k
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF TEDDINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL income £2.0m
FRIENDS OF HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL income £170k
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL income £202k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	£106k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE FRIENDS OF THE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL FY2025	£254k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF VICTORIA HOSPITAL WIMBORNE FY2025	£308k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF TEDDINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FY2025	£2.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL FY2025	£170k	—	within	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.