Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

THE WINCHESTER PROJECT

The Winch (The Winchester Project) is a charity in Swiss Cottage, northwest London, working with children, young people and families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£982£994£-12£80£545£4245.13428
31/03/22£1,001£980£20£71£557£4034.93714
31/03/21£1,262£966£296£69£537£3704.63845
31/03/20£966£986£-20£70£241£1541.9385
31/03/19£937£901£36£61£261£1602.13580
31/03/18£817£914£-97£67£225£1572.1350
31/03/17£930£882£48£84£322£2042.8370
31/03/16£802£759£43£68£274£1953.1330
31/03/15£690£862£-172£65£231£1502.1250
31/03/14*£658£624£34£58£403£1723.3240
31/03/13£583£463£120£6£369£1513.9180
31/03/12£525£347£179£7£250£2508.6160
31/03/11*£367£333£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£293£265£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£288£300£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£287£307£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£338£336£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£340£347£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£374£409£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£391£388£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.thewinch.org

info@thewinch.org

02075868731

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£650,344
Esmee Fairbairn£197,400
Pears Foundation£100,000
BBC Children in Need£76,201
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£45,000
London Marathon Charitable Trust£38,400
City Bridge Trust£22,287
The Childhood Trust£21,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Winchester Project
£197,400 01/11/2023
Towards project costs for the Good Neighbour Project, aiming to make Kilburn and Swiss Cottage a fairer and greener place, with strong community bonds
National Lottery Community Fund - North Camden Zone
£378,584 17/08/2023
This funding will be used to empower residents in the most deprived areas of Camden to drive change in their community. The project will run two community-led missions focusing on building a fairer and greener neighbourhood. The aim is to bring the ....more
Greater London Authority - Gathering Leaves Hong Kong 《一頁舟》- 香港圖書館
£11,835 25/07/2023
This projects aims to strengthen and preserve Hong Kong culture and history through books and cultural workshops where participants may be able to discuss and reminisce about what they missed about HK; increase Hongkongers’ sense of belonging ....more
The Childhood Trust - Stand by Me
£7,500 20/06/2023
The Winch is a children's charity, our vision is for all children in north Camden to thrive, regardless of circumstance. Our Cradle to Career model for 0-25 year olds, offers programmes to build skills, strengths and opportunities they need to ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£10,000 28/04/2023
towards core funding for Belsize Community Library
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Just US Girls
£38,400 22/02/2023
towards refurbishing girls’ bathroom and toilet at the Winchester Project
Power to Change - The Winchester Project (PU)
£8,000 01/12/2022
Grant to The Winchester Project (PU)
Trust for London - Winchester Project - Camden
£1,350 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.02.2019-7976
The Childhood Trust - C-59291
£5,000 28/06/2022
During the summer holidays children can become isolated and inactive and are at risk of antisocial behaviour on the streets. Parents and carers on low income struggle to find affordable, safe childcare. The Play scheme at The Winch is there So Every ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to The Winchester Project
£60,000 31/03/2022
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 03/12/2021
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The Childhood Trust - A Summer to Shine
£5,000 22/06/2021
During the summer holidays children can become isolated and inactive and are at risk of anti-social behavior on the streets. Parents and carers on low income struggle to find affordable, safe childcare. The Winch gives each child a Summer to ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Winchester Project (The Winch)
£15,000 13/05/2021
Winchester Project (The Winch)
National Lottery Community Fund - TeamUp
£271,760 29/03/2021
35
The project is using funding to run their Team Up project which supports young people in Camden develop youth-led projects that create opportunities for inclusion bridge social divisions and improve well-being. The project enables young people to ....more
London Catalyst - The Winchester Project - 1
£1,500 09/02/2021
Winch Family Support
Tudor Trust - Grant to Winchester Project
£2,000 22/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Take Back the Power
£20,000 18/01/2021
The Winch is a community organisation that focuses on children and young people building strong, connected communities. This grant will fund a Youth Worker and Youth Organisers who will work with young people experiencing disadvantage as they go ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Learning
£10,000 24/11/2020
towards the core costs of Belsize Library over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The London Community Foundation - Take Back the Power’s Covid-19 Recovery
£9,728 06/10/2020
Grant to The Winch
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Winchester Project
£76,201 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will provide focused small group activity sessions such as yoga and mindfulness for children living in deprived areas who are negatively affected by Covid-19. This will improve emotional and physical wellbeing.
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Winchester Project
£9,800 21/08/2020
6
COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Youth Programme
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Winchester Project
£5,794 23/07/2020
Grant to The Winchester Project meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The Childhood Trust - Let's Make it a Carefree Summer!!
£3,750 03/07/2020
Coronavirus has revealed persistent injustices at the heart of society. Too many children start their lives facing disadvantage. The unequal impact of the lockdown has compounded feelings of social exclusion and threatens children’s chances to ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£9,625 29/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Winch
£22,287 08/05/2020
A grant of £22,287 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Camden Giving - The Winchester Project - Covid19 Charity Fund
£6,000 09/04/2020
Financial support to get the resources out to: Parents living in temporary housing, who have experienced family breakdown, fled conflict and/or exploitative relationships; Low income families and children with SEND or known to social care, via our ....more
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Winchester Project
£5,000 08/04/2020
12
COVID-19: LCR Wave 1 - Emergency Items
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 01/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Take Back the Power
£5,000 16/03/2020
The Winch is a community organisation that focuses on children and young people building strong, connected communities. This mini-grant supports a Youth Worker and Youth Organisers to work with young people experiencing disadvantage as they go ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to The Winchester Project
£40,000 17/02/2020
24
Core funding
Joseph Levy Foundation - Core funding contribution
£500 13/01/2020
To support work with young people in Camden to help them succeed regardless of their circumstances
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Take Back the Power
£100,000 03/09/2019
24
To employ a Youth Worker and Youth Organisers to support young people experiencing disadvantage who are training to lead social action.
National Lottery Community Fund - North Camden Changemakers
£317,709 01/08/2019
36
The project will use the funding to scale up the North Camden Zone (NCZ) initiative, a place-based, resident-led systems change programme on three estates in North Camden and will work initially in the Chalcotts Estate.
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2019
£3,000 17/06/2019
Summer holidays are when children can become isolated, inactive and at risk of anti-social behaviour. It’s when low-income households struggle to find affordable, safe childcare too. Your donations fund sessional Play staff, providing 65 ....more
Trust for London - Winchester Project - Camden
£81,000 05/06/2019
36
The funding is to scale-up a place-based, resident-led systems change programme on three estates in North Camden. Investment will support NCZ to back residents in leading change in their neighbourhoods, convene partners to support resident goals and ....more
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2018
£3,750 15/06/2018
Donations will allow us to recruit the extra play staff we desperately need for our oversubscribed holiday playschemes during summer and half-term. Sessional staff allow us to support a greater number of children during the times of the year when ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Winchester Project
£47,426 02/05/2018
24
The charity supports disadvantaged young people in N London. The grant is towards The Company programme supporting NEET young people to set up their own businesses and funds the salary of the programme coordinator and a contribution to overheads
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 26/04/2018
Recharge: developing The Winch's new Fundraising Strategy 2017-2020
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Let the children Play! Building a new Winch Adventure Playground
£15,000 24/01/2018
A grant towards the purchase of a new adventure playground which will provide a safe and local outdoor facility for children and young people living in deprived communities.
The Childhood Trust - The Winch's Summer Scheme
£2,625 05/12/2017
Many children and young people in North Camden lack educational and recreational opportunities during the summer holidays. We provide activities for children and young people during every working day of the holidays, ensuring that they are ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Winchester Project
£50,000 22/09/2017
12
over one year towards fees and staff time to produce a feasibility study about the move to a new base for a charity working with children and young
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Winchester Project
£120,300 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' salary of the Promise Worker at the 'Promise Work' project, providing support to vulnerable young people facing multiple and complex disadvantages in the London Borough of Camden
Lankelly Chase Foundation - North London Zone
£233,677 13/03/2017
24
To support the development of the North Camden Promise Zone/Children's Zone
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Support for core salaries and staff development during a period of growth and consolidation
£55,200 18/07/2016
24
The Winch is a North Camden charity which offers a “cradle to career” pipeline of group and intensive one-to-one activities for children and young people aged 0-25 and their parents. Our grant will part-fund the salary of the Chief Executive as ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - North Camden Promise Zone (NCPZ)
£53,648 10/05/2016
12
To continue development of the North Camden Promise Zone (NCPZ) to improve the life chances of local children and young people facing multiple disadvantage, and change the way in which these children are supported and enabled to fulfil their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Promise Project
£424,242 04/05/2016
48
Vulnerable young people aged 10-19 across Camden, Brent and Westminster will be a strong part of the planning for different projects that will give them skills and improve their confidence, health and wellbeing. This will include transition groups ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Winchester Project
£47,571 17/03/2016
24
The charity supports disadvantaged young people in North London. The grant is towards The Company, a programme supporting NEET young people to set up their own businesses including the salary of the Promise worker and administration costs.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Winchester Project
£50,600 09/12/2015
Exploring Childhood in North Camden
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2015
£2,502 18/05/2015
Many children and young people in North Camden lack educational and recreational opportunities during the summer holidays. We provide activities for children and young people during every working day of the holidays, ensuring that they are ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - North Camden Promise Zone
£110,000 25/03/2015
18
To establish the North Camden Promise Zone (NCPZ) to improve the life chances of local children and young people facing multiple disadvantage, and change the way in which these children are supported and enabled to fulfil their potential.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-61
  • ANAGHAA WAGH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Evaluation Specialist
  • BENNY ZACHARIAH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Director
  • CHRISTINA FROST Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Property Consultant
  • DEBORAH RACHEL MOSS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Of Staff
  • ERIN BRIGID STEPHENS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
  • IGNACIO REINOSO ROJAS Appointed: 2022
  • JUDITH WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo
  • LAURENE DANON Appointed: 2024
  • ROBERT BROAD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Financial Controller
  • SUSAN CAROLE BINGHAM GODWIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of External Relations
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/1996, number: 1055059
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/03/1996, number: 03177802
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 0 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR07: 65 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

THE WINCHESTER PROJECT
OLD WINCHESTER ARMS
21 WINCHESTER ROAD
LONDON
NW3 3NR

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SWISS COTTAGE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT')WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTRESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (11) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF, SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SWISS COTTAGE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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