WINCHESTER SHOEI COLLEGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 283420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion of primary, secondary and higher and further education of young people under the age of 25 and mature students from Japan and/or the UK.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 AND MATURE STUDENTS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND MATURE STUDENTS FROM JAPAN AND/OR THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£65k
Latest spending
£69k
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £3,760 for the year, reducing its accumulated unrestricted funds to £435,742. The trustees confirm the charity remains liquid with sufficient assets and incoming resources to fulfill its obligations, supported by ongoing financial assurance from its sister entity, Shoei Joshi Gakuin.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least one year’s charitable expenditure (held: £435k)
“the Trustees consider it prudent to maintain free reserves to cover at least one year’s charitable expenditure in case there is a reduced flow of income”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 12
“Tuition, accommodation and administrative cash receipts received in the year, and voluntary income from Shoei Joshi Gakuin, were £40,939” — page 19
“The freehold property disclosed in Note 7 of these financial statements is used as a place of residence of Dr J Okami, the Dean of Winchester Shoei College.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 13
“Tuition, accommodation and administrative cash receipts received in the year, and voluntary income from Shoei Joshi Gakuin, were £40,939” — page 19
“The freehold property disclosed in Note 7 of these financial statements is used as a place of residence of Dr J Okami, the Dean of Winchester Shoei College.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£65k£69k
31/03/2024£85k£96k
31/03/2023£124k£63k
31/03/2022£187k£321k
31/03/2021£196k£218k

Common questions

Is WINCHESTER SHOEI COLLEGE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £3,760 for the year, reducing its accumulated unrestricted funds to £435,742. The trustees confirm the charity remains liquid with sufficient assets and incoming resources to fulfill its obligations, supported by ongoing financial assurance from its sister entity, Shoei Joshi Gakuin. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.