Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE CITY OF WINCHESTER TRUST LIMITED 

To seek to conserve the character of the City of Winchester and its surrounding area by: conserving and protecting its buildings, spaces, artefacts, landscape and setting. Sponsoring and encouraging new buildings, redevelopment, landscaping and conservation in accordance with the highest architectural standards. Promoting awareness of the above.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£36£33£3n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/22£37£39£-2n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21£38£30£7n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£41£42£-1n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19£41£41£0n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£45£32£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£56£37£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£31£36£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£30£27£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£30£39£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£77£81£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£57£55£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£34£31£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£40£39£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£40£31£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£40£31£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£47£43£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£37£40£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£26£31£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£25£29£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 56 years
(65 years as a company)

www.cityofwinchestertrust.co.uk

secretary@cityofwinchestertrust.co.uk

01962 851664

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Hampshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 68-89
  • JUDITH MARTIN Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Buildings Conservationist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/07/1968, number: 251798
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/08/1958, number: 00609812
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 14 days late,
Main office

The Heritage Centre
32 Upper Brook Street
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 8DG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER THE AMENITIES OF THE CITY OF WINCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT BY SEEKING TO CONSERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY BY PRESERVING AND PROTECTING ITS BUILDINGS AND BY SPONSORING AND ENCOURAGING REBUILDING AND REDEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEST ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE CITY AND DISTRICT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM).

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF WINCHESTER AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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