THE WINEBURG FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1114765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

During the year, the company's principal activity was the provision and distribution of grants to charities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£132k
Latest spending
£292k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,730,290, which represents a decrease from the previous year's £2,890,837. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces net current liabilities but maintains a going concern status based on the sufficient value of its property investments to repay loans if required.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level, which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year (held: £2.7m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserve of the charity, at a level, which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£736k
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£36k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£132k£292k
31/03/2024£290k£459k
31/03/2023£736k£1.1m
31/03/2022£874k£210k
31/03/2021£191k£532k

Common questions

Is THE WINEBURG FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,730,290, which represents a decrease from the previous year's £2,890,837. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces net current liabilities but maintains a going concern status based on the sufficient value of its property investments to repay loans if required. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE WINEBURG FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WINEBURG FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITED, FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED, BEROSA CHARITY LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£450k
FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITEDFY2024£350kAdvancement of religion
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£300k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£100k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£55k
BEROSA CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£30k
BEROSA CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£20kGrant Making Charity

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WINEBURG FOUNDATION£132k—0unclear—no doubt
W WING YIP AND BROTHERS FOUNDATION FY2024£119k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BREWERS FOUNDATION FY2025£334k—0below—no doubt
Academie du Vin Foundation FY2025£612k—0unclear—no doubt
BACON FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£2.0m—0below—noted
THE WARBURG CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.