THE FRIENDS OF WINCANTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Registered charity 296475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OF VERRINGTON HOSPITAL, THE FRIENDS OF VERRINGTON HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY

Fundraising to support Wincanton Community Hospital by running Fetes, Garden Parties, Dances, Charity Draw, Race Days, Easter Egg Hunt, and Xmas Fayres etc. The funds are used to provide support to patients at the Hospital along with improvements to equipment, buildings and facilities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE HEALTH BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF WINCANTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE OF PATIENTS, VISITORS AND STAFF AT THE HOSPITALTO RELIEVE AND BENEFIT THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR INFIRM

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£23k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £361,345 in 2025, supported by a cash balance of £33,408 and investments of £314,759. The charity reported an operating profit of £14,111 for the year, with total income of £24,082 and total expenditure of £37,059 resulting in a net position that strengthened its financial reserves. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 40
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 45
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 45
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHARLES DOWNTONchair
Alex Short
Andrew Chesterman
Gillian Oaten
Ian Henry James Piper
Sandra Grimstead
Sebastian Aptakre-Davis
Vivien Armson

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£37k	£23k
31/12/2024	£32k	£15k
31/12/2023	£37k	£45k
31/12/2022	£8k	£17k
31/12/2021	£12k	£16k

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF WINCANTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £361,345 in 2025, supported by a cash balance of £33,408 and investments of £314,759. The charity reported an operating profit of £14,111 for the year, with total income of £24,082 and total expenditure of £37,059 resulting in a net position that strengthened its financial reserves. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed in the filing. 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
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

THE FRIENDS OF WOKING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL income £75k
Fenwick Community Fund income £45k
THE FRIENDS OF THE WINDSOR BOYS' SCHOOL income £43k
THE FRIENDS OF BLANDFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL income £186k
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITALS income £9k
THE FRIENDS OF CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL income £85k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FRIENDS OF WINCANTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF WOKING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FY2026	£75k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Fenwick Community Fund FY2025	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THE WINDSOR BOYS' SCHOOL FY2025	£43k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF BLANDFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FY2026	£186k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WARRINGTON HOSPITALS FY2024	£9k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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