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LEAGUE OF FRIENDS MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL

Registered charity 250797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE TAUNTON HOSPITALS

To raise funds and invite and receive contributions by way of subscriptions, donations or otherwise to supplement as the League thinks fit the resources of the hospital service in consultation with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust; to support the hospital by means of voluntary service; to provide facilities for patients and relatives.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£969k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,294,358, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of covering annual administration costs and three months of staffing costs for the trading subsidiary. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £526,594 for the year, driven largely by a substantial increase in legacy income, resulting in a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Legacies (87% of income)
“Of this £632,500 (2023/24: £59,500) was from legacies.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: annual administration costs and any contractually committed expenditure plus an emergency operating reserve equivalent to 3 months staffing costs of Hospital Friends (Taunton) Ltd (held: £2.3m)
“Reserves need to cover an amount equivalent to the annual administration costs and any contractually committed expenditure. Additionally the trustees wish to hold an emergency operating reserve equivalent to 3 months staffing costs of Hospital Friends (Taunton) Ltd.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Hospital Friends (Taunton) Ltd
“The subsidiary undertaking is Hospital Friends (Taunton) Ltd, a company having a share capital, registered in England and Wales, number 02559526.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£969k
Cost of raising funds
£618k
Reserves (reported)
£2.3m
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~28.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 41.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£1.5m£969k
31/01/2024£627k£2.2m
31/01/2023£1.6m£544k
31/01/2022£764k£457k
31/01/2021£913k£695k

Common questions

Is LEAGUE OF FRIENDS MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,294,358, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of covering annual administration costs and three months of staffing costs for the trading subsidiary. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £526,594 for the year, driven largely by a substantial increase in legacy income, resulting in a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PILMUIR ESTATE1£70k
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION1£59k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE RIPLEY HOSPITAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE RIPLEY HOSPITAL FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WEST CORNWALL HOSPITAL FY2025£136k—0unclear—no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL FY2025£254k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF TEDDINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FY2025£2.0m—0above—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF WORTHING HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY FRIENDS FY2024£764k—0unclear—no doubt

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