# Wool Surgery Charity Fund - Type: Trust / foundation - Charity number: 900299 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/900299) - Latest income: £786; spending £3,736 - What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Disability, Prevention or relief of poverty - Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, Other defined groups - How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Sponsors or undertakes research, Acts as an umbrella or resource body - Area of operation: Dorset - Other names: Wool Surgery Medical Trust (previous) - Trustees: 6 - Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z - Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/wool-surgery-charity-fund To help in the healthcare of local people, by providing medical equipment (including drugs, dressings, foods, and other services), providing comfort for users of health care premises, and assisting transport for patients and their carers. To relieve poverty among patients, help their carers, and help local health education and research. ## Open and forthcoming schemes (0) None in OpenGrant's sources right now. ## Finances by year (Charity Commission) | Year ending | Income | Spending | Grants to organisations | |---|---|---|---| | 31 Mar 2026 | £786 | £3,736 | not filed | | 31 Mar 2025 | £868 | £1,580 | not filed | | 31 Mar 2024 | £862 | £2,253 | not filed | | 31 Mar 2023 | £1,670 | £806 | not filed | | 31 Mar 2022 | £35 | £381 | not filed | ## Charitable objects > 1. The relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of health of all persons who are resident in Dorset, but particularly those resident in Wool, bovington, lulworth, winfrith newburgh, and the surrounding areas by in particular but not exclusively the provision, maintenance, repairs and replacement (where not readily available from statutory sources) of medical equipment (including drugs, dressings, foods and other services) used in the care and treatment of such persons, the provision off comfort for those using health care premises, and assistance with transport for patients and their carers. (in this context , the term “care and treatment” includes the prevention of disease as well as its treatment. “persons” includes the human foetus from the moment of its conception. “health” includes physical health, or mental health or both);2. The relief of poverty among the sick, suffering, disabled, handicapped or infirm in the beneficial area;3. To advance the education of persons resident in the beneficial area about the enhancement of health in general;4. To relieve people who are sick, elderly or disabled resident in the beneficial area by the provision of carers and by the provision of support and training to such carers;5. To promote and undertake and to assist in promoting and undertaking research, surveys, and investigations.6. To financially or otherwise support other charitable and voluntary organisations working within the beneficial area where in the opinion… ## What it funds Wool Surgery Charity Fund is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, health / saving of lives, disability and prevention or relief of poverty for children / young people, older people and people with disabilities; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body. In its latest reported year Wool Surgery Charity Fund reported income of £786 and spending of £3,736. Over its last 5 reported years, to 31 Mar 2026, it spent £8,756 in total. The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Dorset. ## How to apply OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Wool Surgery Charity Fund in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance. ## Questions ### Is Wool Surgery Charity Fund open for applications now? Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 4 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from Wool Surgery Charity Fund is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise. ### Where does Wool Surgery Charity Fund fund? The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Dorset. ### Does Wool Surgery Charity Fund give grants to individuals? Yes, according to the Charity Commission register, which records that Wool Surgery Charity Fund makes grants to individuals as well as to organisations. Check its own guidance for who qualifies. ### How much does Wool Surgery Charity Fund give each year? The register does not break out Wool Surgery Charity Fund's grants for its latest year (only charities with income over £500,000 file that detail). Its total spending in the year to 31 Mar 2026 was £3,736. Over its last 5 reported years its spending averaged £1,751 a year. ### How large is Wool Surgery Charity Fund? 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