WINCHESTER STREET PASTORS

Registered charity 1185366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Christian Faith in accordance with the License Agreement executed with Ascension Trust particularly but not exclusively by means of caring, listening and helping people on the streets and at various venues.To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds goods or services of any kind.

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Latest income

£29k

Latest spending

£31k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,731, which the trustees note represents four months of expenditure against a policy target of five months. The charity reported a deficit for the year, having spent nearly £2,500 more than received, primarily due to costs associated with launching the School Pastors initiative.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five months expenditure (held: £11k)

“Our policy is to hold five months expenditure in reserve in case of unforeseen situations.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Winchester Street and School Pastors (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Ian Whitechair
Abigail Rose Bettle-Shaffer
Breda Mahony
Catherine Redgrave · trustee of 1 other charity
John Michael Knapman
Julie Young
Michael Douglas Hobby

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£29k	£31k
31/12/2024	£28k	£32k
31/12/2023	£30k	£30k
31/12/2022	£28k	£27k
31/12/2021	£26k	£27k

Common questions

Is WINCHESTER STREET PASTORS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,731, which the trustees note represents four months of expenditure against a policy target of five months. The charity reported a deficit for the year, having spent nearly £2,500 more than received, primarily due to costs associated with launching the School Pastors initiative. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WINCHESTER STREET PASTORS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WINCHESTER STREET PASTORS as a grant recipient include TONY RAMPTON TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WINCHESTER ST LAWRENCE WITH ST SWITHUN-UPON-KINGSGATE, ST LUKE AND ST MARK PCC, WINCHESTER, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S KINGS WORTHY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TONY RAMPTON TRUST	FY2025	£1k	Charitable Donations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WINCHESTER ST LAWRENCE WITH ST SWITHUN-UPON-KINGSGATE	FY2025	£800	Annual grants
ST LUKE AND ST MARK PCC, WINCHESTER	FY2022	£295	Local Mission Giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S KINGS WORTHY	FY2022	—	Funding to train and equip new volunteers