Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

TRINITY WINCHESTER 

The organisation provides emotional and practical support for people experiencing the effects of homelessness, unemployment, addiction, domestic violence and abuse, poverty or social exclusion. From its HQ in Winchester it offers information, advice, healthcare, food, washing and laundry facilities, recreational facilities, education, counselling, groups, complementary therapies and welfare.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,740,514 available, equivalent to 36 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 25 years

www.trinitywinchester.org.uk

dropin@trinitywinchester.org.uk

01962842827

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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£1,037£909£129£91£2,975£2,74136.21670
31/03/22£886£769£117£75£2,847£2,74742.91470
31/03/21£1,367£568£799£66£2,730£1,35328.61070
31/03/20*£633£506£126£70£1,930£1393.3860
31/03/19£504£470£34£70£1,804£1373.5870
31/03/18£495£465£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£915£424£491£65£1,740£762.280
31/03/16£367£497£-130£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£516£462£54£66£1,379£2115.5100
31/03/14£536£457£79£61£1,325£1905110
31/03/13£495£487£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£415£526£-111£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£463£557£-93£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£511£563£-52£33£1,442£3116.6140
31/03/09£1,124£1,681£-557£17£1,494£4052.9170
31/03/08£490£437£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£511£434£77£21£972£66818.5130
31/03/06£579£402£177£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£396£371£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£500£426£74£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 36.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 8.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
  • 70 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£301,423
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
CHK Foundation£40,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£30,000
DCMS£24,876
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£18,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Trinity Winchester
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - UnderOneRoof@trinity - Getting Well Being Well Staying well
£301,423 29/03/2021
60
The funding will provide emotional and practical support for people experiencing the effects of homelessness including unemployment addiction domestic violence and abuse poverty and social isolation. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Trinity Winchester
£6,957 23/07/2020
Grant to Trinity Winchester meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000 17/07/2020
UnderOneroof@trinity
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£24,876 25/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
CAF - Grant to Trinity Winchester
£7,575 29/05/2020
3
Grant to Trinity Winchester to support the organisation through COVID19
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Trinity Winchester
£30,000 27/05/2020
construction of a building for a charity that works with homeless people in Hampsire
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£18,500 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£40,000 15/01/2020
towards Under One Roof capital appeal
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Trinity Winchester
£99,463 27/03/2019
36
Trinity Winchester are requesting a contribution towards it core costs to address the effects of homelessness and vulnerability through specialist practical and emotional support, and proactive ....more
DCMS - Women Side by Side
£8,963 04/02/2019
Trinity aims to expand its use of arts activities to help women with multiple disadvantage to combat loneliness and isolation and make new friends. The programme will embrace group counselling based ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£6,926 07/01/2019
Trinity's Arty-IT and Crafty Cafe projects are designed to achieve the following outcomes: 1 Build confidence and Self-esteem - through informal interaction in a range of peer-led sessions. 2 Build ....more
The MSE Charity - Grant to Trinity Winchester
£5,000 15/11/2018
Contribution to Learning for Life Skills project - supporting homeless and vulnerable young people.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Trinity Winchester
£14,390 11/07/2017
12
Trinity Winchester supports homeless and vulnerable people. It is seeking funding to develop its strategic planning, increase its fundraising skills, attain PQASSO accreditation and to carry out a ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Trinity Winchester
£100,600 09/06/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of a project in Hampshire providing a drop-in support services for people who are homeless
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Trinity Winchester
£30,000 29/06/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Senior Project Worker
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Trinity Centre Winchester
£68,000 13/06/2012
24
towards two years' core costs of a drop in support service in Hampshire for people who are homeless
National Lottery Community Fund - Trinity Winchester
£218,724 15/03/2012
36
This continuing and expanding Winchester-based project aims to provide practical and emotional support to people in Hampshire who are homeless or vulnerably housed. The drop-in day centre provides ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-75
  • DEBORAH MACARTNEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant And Director In Nurse Education
  • PAUL MURRAY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/03/1999, number: 1074604
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/02/1999, number: 03705365
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR12: 20 days late,
Main office

Trinity Winchester
Bradbury House
Durngate
Winchester
SO23 8DX

Objectives

The relief of sickness and poverty in Winchester and the surrounding counties including but without limitation Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Sussex through the provision of information, advice, counselling, education, training, community support and healthcare services and welfare and recreational facilities and appropriate housing and day care facilities, in particular to those who are disadvantaged by homelessness, unemployment, illness, addiction, poverty or other social deprivation and to provide advice and support on any of the above anywhere in England and Wales.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF WINCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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