St Mary's Priory Development Trust

To advance the Christian religion by restoration, repair & preservation of St. Marys Priory Church, Abergavenny. To advance the education of the public in the history of the church & to encourage the young in the playing of musical instruments & the learning of the art & science of classical music. To provide facilities for recreation in the interest of social welfare for the inhabitants of Aberga

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Monmouthshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: Abergavenny

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £1,062 and spent £1,001.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Down 16%, from £1,270 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £1,062 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 94% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £879,000.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

9 trustees run the charity.

• Timothy Bernard PrattChairAppointed 6 September 2011
• Caroline Anne WoollardAppointed 12 September 2017
• Dr Sarah C Watkins-KenneyAppointed 23 March 2026
• Elizabeth PowellAppointed 20 May 2013
• George Robert DickinsonAppointed 23 February 2026
• Jane HemingtonAppointed 11 June 2019
• Margaret Bowie Mclean PrattAppointed 28 March 2017
• Pip SadlerAppointed 12 September 2017
• Rev Lea Tracy RyderAppointed 23 March 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1077446

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

16 September 1999

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 3 SEPTEMBER 1999

Website

www.stmarys-priory.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Monmouthshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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