WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL TRUST

Registered charity 287400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds and receive donations to apply to any charitable purpose connected with Winchester Cathedral.

Objects

(A) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTION WITH WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE. (B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY DECLARE. (SEE CLAUSE 2 OF TRUST DEED FOR FURTHER DETAILS).

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £35,196 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £568,591 to £533,395. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the trust's ability to continue as a going concern and believe reserves are sufficient to meet administrative costs until a planned merger with Winchester Cathedral. The trust holds unrestricted funds of £170,756, maintained in bank deposits to ensure liquidity for future projects and running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/02/2024, 14 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Aurelius Trust — “With thanks to the following organisations for their financial and practical support: Aurelius Trust” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• NIGEL ATKINSON VLLchair
• Angela Margaret Forder-Stent · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRUCE RODNEY WINGATE PARKER MBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOHN ROBERT STEEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Elizabeth Morrison Hands
• Mark Thistlethwayte
• Sir Jonathan Portal · trustee of 2 other charities
• The Very Reverend Christopher John Ingamells Palmer · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWCASTLE CATHEDRAL TRUST.

• NEWCASTLE CATHEDRAL TRUST income £133k
• FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL income £1.2m
• CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO income £1.4m
• WINCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £14.2m
• NORWICH CATHEDRAL TRUST income £43k
• THE ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL TRUST income £166k

Side by side with its peers

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