# SOUTHAMPTON AND WINCHESTER VISITORS GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1183558
- **Other names:** SWVG
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 23, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1183558


## Contact

- **Address:** S W V G, PO BOX 1615, SOUTHAMPTON
- **Postcode:** SO17 3WF
- **Phone:** 00000000000
- **Email:** info@swvg-refugees.org.uk
- **Website:** swvg-refugees.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** For the relief of need, hardship and distress in the United Kingdom amongst refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants by providing such charitable assistance as the trustees think fit, including providing such persons with information, advice, assistance, representation, counselling, in matters such as money, debts, welfare, benefits, housing, health, asylum, immigration, education, training and employment, and by educating the community about the needs of such persons, and advocating on their behalf.

**Activities:** Befriending and providing practical and financial support such as money, debts, welfare, benefits, housing, health, asylum, immigration, education, training and employment, to refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants primarily living in the wider Southampton area.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire
- Southampton City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £89255 | £92693 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £118637 | £85938 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £109033 | £107795 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £93641 | £94227 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £96153 | £77762 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ANDREW CLIVE TAYLOR — appointed March 31, 2024
- Catherine Mary Hartley — appointed May 23, 2019
- David Robertson — appointed Dec. 4, 2023
- Dr Hazel Margaret Inskip — appointed Dec. 2, 2024
- Jeyatharshan Vettivel — appointed Dec. 7, 2020
- KATHERINE XANTHE GEARING — appointed Dec. 4, 2023
- Khalid Omer — appointed Dec. 4, 2023
- Lesley Marie Sheldon-Browning — appointed Nov. 22, 2025
- Professor Christopher Roman Stevens — appointed Dec. 2, 2024
- Virginia Louise Allain — appointed Nov. 22, 2025