Registered charity 227784
The Dorothy Watkins Foundation
What it does
Grants for advancement of religion and education.
Its charitable purposes
1) ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION (PREFERENCE GIVEN TO THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS). 2) ADVANCEMENT OF ECUCATION (PREFERENCE TO SCIENCE AND ARTS.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Religious activities
- Who it helps
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined
Income and spending
In the year ending 5 April 2026, it had income of £23,867 and spent £14,629.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2026 | £23,867 | £14,629 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2025 | £4,017 | £15,458 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2024 | £3,603 | £13,048 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2023 | £15,444 | £4,017 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2022 | £30,374 | £3,500 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
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 21%, from £30,374 in the year to 5 April 2022 to £23,867 in the year to 5 April 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 61% of its income in the year to 5 April 2026. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 5 April 2023: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Carolyn Margaret Watkins
- David Huw Roberts
- Richard Watkins
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2026 | 5 February 2027 | Received 23 October 2026, 105 days early | Not required |
| 5 April 2025 | 5 February 2026 | Received 18 June 2025, 232 days early | Not required |
| 5 April 2024 | 5 February 2025 | Received 1 August 2024, 188 days early | Not required |
| 5 April 2023 | 5 February 2024 | Received 5 October 2023, 123 days early | Not required |
| 5 April 2022 | 5 February 2023 | Received 14 July 2023, 159 days late | Received 14 July 2023 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 227784
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 17 May 1963
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 1ST APRIL 1963.
- Council area of its contact address
- Swansea
Sources
- 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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.