Fenwick Community Fund

Registered charity 267393 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE FENWICK HOSPITAL, THE LEAGUE OF HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY FRIENDS (FENWICK HOSPITAL LYNDHURST)

To support the charitable work of the Fenwick Health and Wellbeing Centre

Objects

The Object of the League shall be to support organisations which provide health and wellbeing work as well as providing the relief of needs of individuals in Lyndhurst and the surrounding area being the community previously served by Fenwick Hospital who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped, infirm or in need of financial assistance and, generally, to support the charitable work of the said Hospital(s).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE (LYNDHURST)

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: New Forest, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£45k

Latest spending

£9k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £35,623 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £45,251 and expenditure of £8,604. The trustees report unrestricted reserves of £636,993, which they consider sufficient to cover immediate future plans and six months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity is confirmed to be a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ unrestricted expenditure (held: £637k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level sufficient to cover their immediate future plans and 6 months’ unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER GEORGE FARQUHAR DIBBENchair
Catherine Ann de Hauteville Bowell · trustee of 3 other charities
Chris Willsher
DOMINIC JOSEPH LODGE
Diane Elizabeth Andrews
Paul Frederick Meacher · trustee of 2 other charities
Penelope Louise Lilley
SYLVIA ELIZABETH DIBBEN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£45k	£9k
31/03/2024	£64k	£22k
31/03/2023	£13k	£13k
31/03/2022	£12k	£11k
31/03/2021	£82k	£5k

Common questions

Is Fenwick Community Fund financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £35,623 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £45,251 and expenditure of £8,604. The trustees report unrestricted reserves of £636,993, which they consider sufficient to cover immediate future plans and six months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity is confirmed to be a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 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
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£94k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAIRFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED.

FAIRFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £61k
FRATTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £300k
FENSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £78k
WHITTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £365k
SPRINGWOOD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £99k
WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST income £180k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Fenwick Community Fund	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FAIRFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£61k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRATTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£300k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
FENSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£78k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£365k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPRINGWOOD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£99k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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