Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group

Analysis

Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group reported income of £89k and spending of £93k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £96k to £89k (-7.2%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southeast Asian Outreach (£89k), Crossways Community Church, Kent (£89k) and Lawrence Sheriff Almshouses (£89k).