# TAUNTON HOSPITAL RADIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 283809
- **Other names:** APPLE AM, APPLE FM, THR
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 10, 1981
- **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=283809


## Contact

- **Address:** Ina's Cottage, Mill Lane, TAUNTON, Somerset
- **Postcode:** TA1 1LN
- **Phone:** 01823781973
- **Email:** info@applefm.co.uk
- **Website:** www.applefm.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, INFIRMITY AND OLD AGE AMONGST PERSONS LIVING IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE SOMERSET AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY BY PROVIDING A LOCAL BROADCASTING SERVICE FOR HOSPITALS.

**Activities:** Providing an entirely volunteer run & managed  FM Community Radio Station to the care and wider general communities within Taunton Deane boundary, and to anyone outside of the reach of the FM broadcast via the internet and dedicated smartphone app, including patients cared for within all hospitals in Somerset, to ease isolation, inform on important topics and provide general entertainment

**Area of benefit:** THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE SOMERSET AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £2138 | £2650 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £938 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1000 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1000 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1617 | £2325 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Gregory Perkins — appointed Aug. 28, 2023
- Phillip Hodgson-Purves — appointed Feb. 6, 2024
- Roger Leslie Eggleton — appointed Oct. 21, 2025