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Bishop of Winchester's Uganda Church Fund

RegisteredRegistered charity number 274907AlresfordReligion
Income£18k2025-12-31
Spending£114ksame year
Spent / received161%5-year average
Size in its cause32nd pctReligion
Registered1978Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bishop of Winchester's Uganda Church Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alresford. It was registered in January 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bishop of Winchester's Uganda Church Fund reported income of £18k and spending of £114k, spending 622% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £18k (+8.2%), an average of +2.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 161% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bishop of Winchester's Uganda Church Fund sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Covenant Church Portsmouth (£18k), Petra Church, UK (£18k) and Friends International: Students and Hosts (Northampton) (£18k).

Income and spending

£0£29k£57k£86k£114k2021 Income: £17,0112021 Spending: £020212022 Income: £17,5212022 Spending: £020222023 Income: £17,5212023 Spending: £27,84420232024 Income: £17,8732024 Spending: £020242025 Income: £18,4092025 Spending: £114,4672025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Enable persons from the Diocese of Winchester to visit the Churches of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC for the advancement of religion or other charitable work of those. Assist persons from those Churches with travelling or other expenses to visit the Diocese of Winchester. Provide funds for such other charitable purposes as the Bishop of Winchester may decide.

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CharityLocationIncome
New Covenant Church PortsmouthPortsmouth£18k
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Friends International: Students and Hosts (Northampton)Northampton£18k
Northampton National Spiritualist ChurchNorthampton£18k