Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +1
    Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

    WINCHESTER RADIO 

    Provides a health & wellbeing community radio service on 94.7FM and DAB across the city of Winchester and surrounding villages, and a hospital radio service at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, and a . Successor to unincorporated charity Winchester Hospital Radio (former registration number 290553).
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

    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
    31/12/22£49£30£19n/an/an/an/an/a24
    31/12/21£25£29£-4n/an/an/an/an/a19
    31/12/20£38£32£6n/an/an/an/an/a23
    31/12/19£23£26£-4n/an/an/an/an/a22
    31/12/18£40£19£22£0£0£0n/a019
    31/12/17£18£4£14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/16£4£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/15£7£4£4£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 9 years

    winchester.radio

    info@winchester.radio

    01962 603947

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Performing and visual arts
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Hampshire,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports 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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Hospital & Community Radio editing and broadcasting equipment
    £10,000 06/09/2017
    12
    This project will upgrade equipment and facilities to develop a community radio station.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2015, number: 1160752
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    8 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    WINCHESTER RADIO
    MAILPOINT MP66
    ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL
    ROMSEY ROAD
    WINCHESTER
    SO22 5DG

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, POOR HEALTH AND OLD AGE AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST OR ITS SUCCESSORS BY PROVIDING A LOCAL BROADCASTING SERVICE FOR HOSPITALS, RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS, AND FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING COMMUNITY CARE; AND(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE BENEFITS OF LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING GOOD PERSONAL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH BY (MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE MEANS OF BROADCASTING HEALTH EDUCATION MESSAGES TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST OR ITS SUCCESSORS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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