FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY WINCHESTER LIMITED

Registered charity 1143462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY WINCHESTER

We offer support and guidance to vulnerable parents and children in the Winchester district to improve parenting skills and relations between parents and children. We hold regular meetings for parents with young children under 5 and provide support and guidance in the home to parents with children between 5-13 years old.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£112k

Latest spending

£113k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains financially stable despite reporting a small deficit of £1,587 for the year, with income falling to £111,874 and expenditure remaining at £113,461. The trustees maintain a designated reserve fund of £42,000, representing four months' projected expenditure, to shield services against unexpected income falls.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months’ projected expenditure (held: £42k)

“The amount is reviewed annually and currently stands at £42,000, which represents four months’ projected expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of the Family (Winchester) Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Aviva Broker Community Fund — “In 2023 Pangea Insurance Brokers chose Friends of the Family as one of their charity partners. Together, we applied to the Aviva Broker Comm…” (source page)
Winchester Quakers — “We are also very grateful to the Winchester Quakers for their kindness and generosity, providing the office from which we work and the use o…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (27/02/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Cathryn Perrin
Christopher John Bale
Edward Marriott
Lorraine Pink
Nicola Jane Bennett
Rebecca Lockwood
Sarah Cootes

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£112k	£113k
31/03/2024	£132k	£113k
31/03/2023	£118k	£106k
31/03/2022	£75k	£82k
31/03/2021	£88k	£70k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY WINCHESTER LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains financially stable despite reporting a small deficit of £1,587 for the year, with income falling to £111,874 and expenditure remaining at £113,461. The trustees maintain a designated reserve fund of £42,000, representing four months' projected expenditure, to shield services against unexpected income falls. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY WINCHESTER LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY WINCHESTER LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/10/2025	£20k	5s to 13s Befriending Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/12/2023	£19k	Mums and Young Children's Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/09/2022	£7k	5s to 13s Befriending Service