SOUTHAMPTON AND WINCHESTER VISITORS GROUP

Registered charity 1183558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWVG

Befriending and providing practical and financial support such as money, debts, welfare, benefits, housing, health, asylum, immigration, education, training and employment, to refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants primarily living in the wider Southampton area.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£89k

Latest spending

£93k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £3,438 for the year, which was part of a planned strategy to align reserves with policy targets. Unrestricted reserves stood at £82,799, exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £55,000. The charity is supported by an independent examiner who confirmed no material matters required attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants from charitable trusts (56% of income)

“Grants from charitable trusts amounted to £49,750.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately 6 months normal expenditure plus a provision for three months for salaries (held: £83k)

“The Trustees have agreed that the value of unrestricted reserves should be in the region of £55,000 representing approximately 6 months normal expenditure plus a provision for three months for salaries.” — page 6

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 — Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group (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).

French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust — “We are most grateful to the following organisations who have financially supported us with grants over the past five years: French Huguenot …” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW CLIVE TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Mary Hartley
David Robertson
Dr Hazel Margaret Inskip · trustee of 1 other charity
Jeyatharshan Vettivel
KATHERINE XANTHE GEARING
Khalid Omer
Lesley Marie Sheldon-Browning
Professor Christopher Roman Stevens
Virginia Louise Allain

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£89k	£93k
31/08/2024	£119k	£86k
31/08/2023	£109k	£108k
31/08/2022	£94k	£94k
31/08/2021	£96k	£78k

Common questions

Is SOUTHAMPTON AND WINCHESTER VISITORS GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £3,438 for the year, which was part of a planned strategy to align reserves with policy targets. Unrestricted reserves stood at £82,799, exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £55,000. The charity is supported by an independent examiner who confirmed no material matters required attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTHAMPTON AND WINCHESTER VISITORS GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTHAMPTON AND WINCHESTER VISITORS GROUP as a grant recipient include THE TOLKIEN TRUST, THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW, WINCHESTER.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2021	£130k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2022	£90k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2023	£25k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2024	£22k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£5k	Hardship Fund
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Grants to institutions
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Hardship Fund
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW, WINCHESTER	FY2023	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW, WINCHESTER	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	23/01/2020	£999	Talking in the Library