Common questions about The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester a good charity? +
The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester scores 80 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 89% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester as a registered charity (charity number 1139000). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1139000&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's charity number? +
The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's charity number is 1139000. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's charity rating? +
The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester scores 80 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 89% of The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 11% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 11% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester. The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 87 employees paid more than £60,000, including 9 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £250,001–£300,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester receive? +
The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester reported £46m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-02-19). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester based? +
The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's registered contact address is in Southampton (SO23 9NA). It tells the regulator it operates in Hampshire, with a focus on environment.
How much is The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 87 employees paid more than £60,000, including 9 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £250,001–£300,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's money come from? +
The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester reported £69m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £35m (51%), donations and legacies £24m (35%), other income £23m (34%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester? +
The register records The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's trustees paid? +
The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester registered as a charity? +
The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester was entered on the register on 12 November 2010. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number RC000733).
How does CharityCompare score The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Warden and Scholars of St Mary College of Winchester's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.