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Registered charity · Winchester

Winchester Churches Nightshelter

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £691k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
Where
Hampshire
Website
wcns.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Winchester Churches Nightshelter
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£691k£616k
  • 2024£813k£603k
  • 2023£738k£461k
Earlier years
  • 2022£458k£415k
  • 2021£574k£416k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 14% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE, ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO: RELIEVE HARDSHIP, POVERTY AND DISTRESS (IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY HOMELESSNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, ILLNESS, ADDICTION, POVERTY OR OTHER SOCIAL DEPRIVATION) IN AND AROUND WINCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WIDER HAMPSHIRE AREA, DORSET, WILTSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, SURREY AND SUSSEX) INCLUDING BY: (A) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND DAY CARE FACILITIES; (B) THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, COUNSELLING, THERAPY, EDUCATION, TRAINING, COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES; AND (C) THE PROVISION OF OTHER WELFARE FACILITIES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Grants received

5 grants · £356,950 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £202,230 (2 grants)
  • Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £75,000
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £73,064
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £6,656

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £192,2302023-09-27
  • Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales £75,0002023-07-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-02-24
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £73,0642021-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £6,6562020-08-17
Board analysis

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.

6 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
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 6General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Accommodation/housing 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 7Professional services 2Business services 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£691k 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.

7.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 22.9 in 2021

15 from 13 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.
15%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1080443
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 FEB 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 MAY 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 NOV 2023
Companies House
Company number 03928334 · Active
Contact on the register
01962 862050 · admin@wcns.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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