THE FRIENDS OF BLANDFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Registered charity 800482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF BLANDFORD HOSPITAL, THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE BLANDFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE BLANDFORD HOSPITAL

The objects of the Friends shall be to provide support and assistance to patients of the Blandford Community Hospital and preserve and protect the health of the community by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities, support services and equipment not normally provided by the NHS or statutory authorities.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL AND OTHER INVALIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND, GENERALLY, TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL

Area of benefit: THE AREA SERVED BY THE NORTH DORSET PRIMARY CARE TRUST AND THE AREA SERVED BY THE FORMER WEST DORSET HEALTH AUTHORITY

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 · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £57,873 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily due to a lack of legacy income compared to the previous year. However, this was offset by significant investment gains of £619,336, resulting in a net income increase and a rise in unrestricted reserves to £3,629,273. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hilary Lawson
• JOSEPH HICKISH · trustee of 2 other charities
• LINDA ANN PRIOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER RICHELL
• Roger Bradshaw
• STEVEN COLE
• TREVOR BRIDLE
• Yvonne Thorne

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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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
• Lymington Hospital Friends income £130k
• Tewkesbury Hospital Friends income £52k
• FRIENDS OF EAST SURREY HOSPITAL income £327k
• Friends of Eastbourne Hospital income £1.3m
• ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS OF SHANNON COURT income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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