01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 19 August 1964
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £1,237,137
- Latest expenditure
- £324,000
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 2 THE CLOSE, WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE, SO23 9LS
Website recorded by the regulator: www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
i) to assist the Chapter in maintaining the fabric and monuments and the fittings and furnishings of Winchester Cathedral and its associated ground-works within the precincts; ii) to stimulate interest in the Cathedral; iii) to encourage and support activities calculated to preserve and beautify the Cathedral, its history and music.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,237,137
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £324,000
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £394,094
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £263,155
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £536,515
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £337,560
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £303,626
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £211,966
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 October 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £181,909
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £235,100
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 22 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,237,137
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £324,000
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 100
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 4 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £394,094
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £263,155
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 100
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 12 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £536,515
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £337,560
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 100
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 19 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £303,626
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £211,966
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 100
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 5 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £181,909
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £235,100
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £480
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 100
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 22 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1165147
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 55070
- Income Investments
- 16920
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1237137
- Income Legacies
- 1165147
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £53,230
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £270,770
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 324000
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 7422
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 214535
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 56235
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 1675
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,873,004
- Assets Total Fixed
- 688757
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 688757
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,329,790
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £145,543
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,873,004
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 145543
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £235,243
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1873004
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1873004
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 12 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 509237
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 18372
- Income Investments
- 8906
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 536515
- Income Legacies
- 273896
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £17,733
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £319,827
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 337560
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 262399
- Expenditure Governance
- 3580
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 50019
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -35770
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £778,553
- Assets Total Fixed
- 503825
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 503825
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £352,134
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £77,406
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £778,553
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 77406
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £140,356
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 778553
- Funds Total
- 778553
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Hampshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1964-08-19T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 04/04/1936AS AMENDED ON 25/03/1954AS AMENDED ON 19/07/1964AS AMENDED ON 22/11/1978AS AMENDED ON 12/02/1999AS AMENDED ON 14/07/2001AS AMENDED ON 12/07/2008AS AMENDED ON 09/07/2011AS AMENDED ON 11/07/2015 AS AMENDED ON 06 JUL 2024 AS AMENDED ON 06 JUL 2024AS AMENDED ON 06 MAY 2024
- Charitable Objects
- 1. THE OBJECTS ARE TO:A) ASSIST THE CHAPTER IN MAINTAINING THE FABRIC, MONUMENTS, FITTINGSAND FURNISHINGS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND ITS ASSOCIATED GROUNDWORKSWITHIN THE PRECINCTS (EXCLUDING PROPERTY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVEPURPOSES). IN THIS CLAUSE “ASSOCIATED GROUNDWORKS WITHIN THE PRECINCTS” SHALL MEAN:(I) UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE CATHEDRAL;(II) HISTORIC REMAINS CONNECTED PHYSICALLY TO THE CATHEDRAL;(III) THE WESSEX LEARNING CENTRE AND THE LEARNING CENTRE;(IV) DISABLED ACCESS;(V) PUBLIC AREAS AND TOILET FACILITIES WITHIN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE;B) STIMULATE INTEREST IN OR RAISE THE PUBLIC PROFILE OF THE CATHEDRAL;C) ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES :(I) WHICH HELP TO PRESERVE OR ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THE CATHEDRAL, ITS HISTORY AND ITS MUSIC; OR(II) WHICH SUPPORT THE LIFE, WORSHIP AND MINISTRY OF THE CATHEDRAL.
- Area Of Benefit
- DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures