The Mary Homfray Charitable Trust
What it does
The trustees meet annually to donate monies to registered charities in Wales. All applications need to be made via the charities website www.maryhomfrayct.org
Its charitable purposes
SUCHCHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE BENEFACTOR MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Accommodation and housing
- Religious activities
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Amateur sport
- Animals
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 5 April 2025, it had income of £138,812 and spent £196,286.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £138,812 | £196,286 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2024 | £143,143 | £195,296 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2023 | £143,628 | £197,448 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2022 | £149,468 | £193,805 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2021 | £126,133 | £147,057 | 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
- Up 10%, from £126,133 in the year to 5 April 2021 to £138,812 in the year to 5 April 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 141% of its income in the year to 5 April 2025. It spent more than its income in 5 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 5 April 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
4 trustees run the charity.
- Amelia Pemberton
- Dr Tessa Pemberton
- Josephine Dykes Homfray
- Matthew Homfray
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | 5 February 2026 | Received 29 January 2026, 7 days early | Received 29 January 2026 |
| 5 April 2024 | 5 February 2025 | Received 6 February 2025, 1 day late | Received 6 February 2025 |
| 5 April 2023 | 5 February 2024 | Received 5 February 2024 | Received 5 February 2024 |
| 5 April 2022 | 5 February 2023 | Received 5 February 2023 | Received 5 February 2023 |
| 5 April 2021 | 5 February 2022 | Received 4 February 2022, 1 day early | Received 4 February 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 273564
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 11 August 1977
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 29TH MARCH 1977
- Website
- www.maryhomfrayct.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
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.