# WPA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 230151
- **Other names:** BRISTOL HOSPITALS FUND (INCORPORATED), CHARITABLE FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY WESTERN PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION, PACT, THE WESTERN PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION MEDICAL CHARITIES FUND, WPA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Jan. 16, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=230151


## Contact

- **Address:** WPA Charitable Foundation, Rivergate House, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton
- **Postcode:** TA1 2PE
- **Phone:** 01823625000
- **Email:** charlie.macewan@wpa.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.wpa.org.uk/health-and-wellbeing



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## 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

- Bristol City
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Gloucestershire
- Somerset
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £57977 | £141173 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £48528 | £140647 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £32716 | £148174 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £67432 | £89963 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £11616 | £48250 | — | — |



## Trustees

- THE WPA FOUNDATION — appointed April 5, 2012