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Wpa Charitable Foundation

Bristol Hospitals Fund (Incorporated), Charitable Funds Administered By Western Provident Association, Pact, The Western Provident Association Medical Charities Fund, Wpa Charitable Foundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
230151
Status
Registered
Registered
Jan. 16, 1964
Legal form
Trust
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
WPA Charitable Foundation
Rivergate House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
TA1 2PE

Activities

The grants made by the Trustee are principally focussed on helping families of profoundly ill children, where these families experience financial hardship in meeting the cost of travel to and from the hospitals where the children are receiving treatment.

Objects: The relief of sickness and the preservation and promotion of good health, in particular (but not exclusively) among children and young people, in such ways as the Trustees think fit, including by:(a)assisting in the provision of facilities and/or equipment for healthy recreation;(b)providing towards the reasonable expenses of travel and accommodation for family members and/or carers visiting persons under treatment in any medical institution, who could not otherwise afford to incur such expense; and(c)assisting in the provision of facilities, support services, accommodation and equipment not normally provided by the statutory authorities.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
What
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who
Children/young People

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Bristol City, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
April 5, 2025 £57,977 £141,173
April 5, 2024 £48,528 £140,647
April 5, 2023 £32,716 £148,174
April 5, 2022 £67,432 £89,963
April 5, 2021 £11,616 £48,250

Trustees

Name Appointed
The Wpa Foundation April 5, 2012