The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Winchester Project

Registered charity 1055059 Registered since 1996

Operates: Camden

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

4.1y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Economic/community Development/employment 2Recreation 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 12Arts and leisure 4Professional services 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

41 from 38 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
12%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thewinch.org
Emailinfo@thewinch.org
Phone02075868731
AddressTHE WINCHESTER PROJECT, OLD WINCHESTER ARMS, 21 WINCHESTER ROAD, LONDON, NW3 3NR

Finances

£1,197,831 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,261,510£965,618
2022£1,000,641£980,482
2023£981,585£993,586
2024£1,190,435£1,113,238
2025£1,197,831£1,185,667

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 26TH MARCH 1996. as amended on 28 Apr 2022

Trustees (8)

8trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Winchester Project · 03177802 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/03/1996

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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