Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 15
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +15
    Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

    THE WINCHESTER PROJECT 

    The Winch (The Winchester Project) is a charity in Swiss Cottage, northwest London, working with children, young people and families.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£982£994£-12£80£545£4245.13428
    31/03/22£1,001£980£20£71£557£4034.93714
    31/03/21£1,262£966£296£69£537£3704.63845
    31/03/20£966£986£-20£70£241£1541.9385
    31/03/19£937£901£36£61£261£1602.13580
    31/03/18£817£914£-97£67£225£1572.1350
    31/03/17£930£882£48£84£322£2042.8370
    31/03/16£802£759£43£68£274£1953.1330
    31/03/15£690£862£-172£65£231£1502.1250
    31/03/14*£658£624£34£58£403£1723.3240
    31/03/13£583£463£120£6£369£1513.9180
    31/03/12£525£347£179£7£250£2508.6160
    31/03/11*£367£333£34£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£293£265£27£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£288£300£-12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£287£307£-20£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£338£336£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£340£347£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£374£409£-35£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£391£388£3£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.7%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 24%
    Liabilities/Income: 18%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
    Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
    Quick Ratio: 3.7
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 28 years

    www.thewinch.org

    info@thewinch.org

    02075868731

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Social youth organisations
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Camden,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£968,053
    Esmee Fairbairn£197,400
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£145,000
    Pears Foundation£100,000
    BBC Children in Need£76,201
    London Marathon Charitable Trust£38,400
    City Bridge Trust£22,287
    The Childhood Trust£21,250
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Winchester Project
    £197,400 01/11/2023
    Towards project costs for the Good Neighbour Project, aiming to make Kilburn and Swiss Cottage a fairer and greener place, with strong community bonds
    National Lottery Community Fund - North Camden Zone
    £378,584 17/08/2023
    This funding will be used to empower residents in the most deprived areas of Camden to drive change in their community. The project will run two community-led missions focusing on building a fairer ....more
    Greater London Authority - Gathering Leaves Hong Kong 《一頁舟》- 香港圖書館
    £11,835 25/07/2023
    This projects aims to strengthen and preserve Hong Kong culture and history through books and cultural workshops where participants may be able to discuss and reminisce about what they missed about ....more
    The Childhood Trust - Stand by Me
    £7,500 20/06/2023
    The Winch is a children's charity, our vision is for all children in north Camden to thrive, regardless of circumstance. Our Cradle to Career model for 0-25 year olds, offers programmes to build ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
    £10,000 28/04/2023
    towards core funding for Belsize Community Library
    London Marathon Charitable Trust - Just US Girls
    £38,400 22/02/2023
    towards refurbishing girls’ bathroom and toilet at the Winchester Project
    Power to Change - The Winchester Project (PU)
    £8,000 01/12/2022
    Grant to The Winchester Project (PU)
    Trust for London - Winchester Project - Camden
    £1,350 29/09/2022
    This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.02.2019-7976
    The Childhood Trust - C-59291
    £5,000 28/06/2022
    During the summer holidays children can become isolated and inactive and are at risk of antisocial behaviour on the streets. Parents and carers on low income struggle to find affordable, safe ....more
    Pears Foundation - Grant to The Winchester Project
    £60,000 31/03/2022
    Core Funding
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
    £20,000 03/12/2021
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    The Childhood Trust - A Summer to Shine
    £5,000 22/06/2021
    During the summer holidays children can become isolated and inactive and are at risk of anti-social behavior on the streets. Parents and carers on low income struggle to find affordable, safe ....more
    Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Winchester Project (The Winch)
    £15,000 13/05/2021
    Winchester Project (The Winch)
    National Lottery Community Fund - TeamUp
    £271,760 29/03/2021
    35
    The project is using funding to run their Team Up project which supports young people in Camden develop youth-led projects that create opportunities for inclusion bridge social divisions and improve ....more
    London Catalyst - The Winchester Project - 1
    £1,500 09/02/2021
    Winch Family Support
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Winchester Project
    £2,000 22/01/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Take Back the Power
    £20,000 18/01/2021
    The Winch is a community organisation that focuses on children and young people building strong, connected communities. This grant will fund a Youth Worker and Youth Organisers who will work with ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Learning
    £10,000 24/11/2020
    towards the core costs of Belsize Library over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
    The London Community Foundation - Take Back the Power’s Covid-19 Recovery
    £9,728 06/10/2020
    Grant to The Winch
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Winchester Project
    £76,201 09/09/2020
    18
    COVID19 - This project will provide focused small group activity sessions such as yoga and mindfulness for children living in deprived areas who are negatively affected by Covid-19. This will improve ....more
    John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Winchester Project
    £9,800 21/08/2020
    6
    COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Youth Programme
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Winchester Project
    £5,794 23/07/2020
    Grant to The Winchester Project meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
    The Childhood Trust - Let's Make it a Carefree Summer!!
    £3,750 03/07/2020
    Coronavirus has revealed persistent injustices at the heart of society. Too many children start their lives facing disadvantage. The unequal impact of the lockdown has compounded feelings of social ....more
    Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
    £9,625 29/05/2020
    4
    Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Winch
    £22,287 08/05/2020
    A grant of £22,287 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
    Camden Giving - The Winchester Project - Covid19 Charity Fund
    £6,000 09/04/2020
    Financial support to get the resources out to: Parents living in temporary housing, who have experienced family breakdown, fled conflict and/or exploitative relationships; Low income families and ....more
    John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Winchester Project
    £5,000 08/04/2020
    12
    COVID-19: LCR Wave 1 - Emergency Items
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
    £20,000 01/04/2020
    3
    Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Take Back the Power
    £5,000 16/03/2020
    The Winch is a community organisation that focuses on children and young people building strong, connected communities. This mini-grant supports a Youth Worker and Youth Organisers to work with young ....more
    Pears Foundation - Grant to The Winchester Project
    £40,000 17/02/2020
    24
    Core funding
    Joseph Levy Foundation - Core funding contribution
    £500 13/01/2020
    To support work with young people in Camden to help them succeed regardless of their circumstances
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Take Back the Power
    £100,000 03/09/2019
    24
    To employ a Youth Worker and Youth Organisers to support young people experiencing disadvantage who are training to lead social action.
    National Lottery Community Fund - North Camden Changemakers
    £317,709 01/08/2019
    36
    The project will use the funding to scale up the North Camden Zone (NCZ) initiative, a place-based, resident-led systems change programme on three estates in North Camden and will work initially in ....more
    The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2019
    £3,000 17/06/2019
    Summer holidays are when children can become isolated, inactive and at risk of anti-social behaviour. It’s when low-income households struggle to find affordable, safe childcare too. Your ....more
    Trust for London - Winchester Project - Camden
    £81,000 05/06/2019
    36
    The funding is to scale-up a place-based, resident-led systems change programme on three estates in North Camden. Investment will support NCZ to back residents in leading change in their ....more
    The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2018
    £3,750 15/06/2018
    Donations will allow us to recruit the extra play staff we desperately need for our oversubscribed holiday playschemes during summer and half-term. Sessional staff allow us to support a greater ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Winchester Project
    £47,426 02/05/2018
    24
    The charity supports disadvantaged young people in N London. The grant is towards The Company programme supporting NEET young people to set up their own businesses and funds the salary of the ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 26/04/2018
    Recharge: developing The Winch's new Fundraising Strategy 2017-2020
    London Marathon Charitable Trust - Let the children Play! Building a new Winch Adventure Playground
    £15,000 24/01/2018
    A grant towards the purchase of a new adventure playground which will provide a safe and local outdoor facility for children and young people living in deprived communities.
    The Childhood Trust - The Winch's Summer Scheme
    £2,625 05/12/2017
    Many children and young people in North Camden lack educational and recreational opportunities during the summer holidays. We provide activities for children and young people during every working day ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Winchester Project
    £50,000 22/09/2017
    12
    over one year towards fees and staff time to produce a feasibility study about the move to a new base for a charity working with children and young
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Winchester Project
    £120,300 08/06/2017
    36
    towards three years' salary of the Promise Worker at the 'Promise Work' project, providing support to vulnerable young people facing multiple and complex disadvantages in the London Borough of Camden
    Lankelly Chase Foundation - North London Zone
    £233,677 13/03/2017
    24
    To support the development of the North Camden Promise Zone/Children's Zone
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Support for core salaries and staff development during a period of growth and consolidation
    £55,200 18/07/2016
    24
    The Winch is a North Camden charity which offers a “cradle to career” pipeline of group and intensive one-to-one activities for children and young people aged 0-25 and their parents. Our grant ....more
    Lankelly Chase Foundation - North Camden Promise Zone (NCPZ)
    £53,648 10/05/2016
    12
    To continue development of the North Camden Promise Zone (NCPZ) to improve the life chances of local children and young people facing multiple disadvantage, and change the way in which these children ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Promise Project
    £424,242 04/05/2016
    48
    Vulnerable young people aged 10-19 across Camden, Brent and Westminster will be a strong part of the planning for different projects that will give them skills and improve their confidence, health ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Winchester Project
    £47,571 17/03/2016
    24
    The charity supports disadvantaged young people in North London. The grant is towards The Company, a programme supporting NEET young people to set up their own businesses including the salary of the ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Winchester Project
    £50,600 09/12/2015
    Exploring Childhood in North Camden
    The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2015
    £2,502 18/05/2015
    Many children and young people in North Camden lack educational and recreational opportunities during the summer holidays. We provide activities for children and young people during every working day ....more
    Lankelly Chase Foundation - North Camden Promise Zone
    £110,000 25/03/2015
    18
    To establish the North Camden Promise Zone (NCPZ) to improve the life chances of local children and young people facing multiple disadvantage, and change the way in which these children are supported ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 39-61
    • ROBERT BROAD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Financial Controller
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/1996, number: 1055059
    • Registered at Companies House on 26/03/1996, number: 03177802
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Other Regulators
    • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR14: 0 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR07: 65 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
    Main office

    THE WINCHESTER PROJECT
    OLD WINCHESTER ARMS
    21 WINCHESTER ROAD
    LONDON
    NW3 3NR

    Objectives

    (1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SWISS COTTAGE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT')WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTRESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (11) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF, SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SWISS COTTAGE

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