The Theo Moorman Charitable Trust
What it does
The aim of the trust is to make grants to enable weavers to enjoy artistic freedom in order to contribute to the development of the craft and the education of future weavers.
Its charitable purposes
I. TO PROMOTE THE EXERCISE AND MAINTAIN THE STANDARDSOF THE CRAFT OF WEAVING. II. TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE CRAFTSMANSHIP IN RESPECT OF THAT CRAFT. III. TO PROMOTE ASSIST AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CRAFT OF WEAVING AND THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF SUCH CRAFT AND THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CRAFT PUPILS OR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN IN THE CRAFT OF WEAVING. IV. TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION CONCERNING GOOD WORKMANSHIP AND DESIGN IN THE CRAFT OF WEAVING. V. TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE UNDERTAKE OR ORGANIZE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Who it helps
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 5 April 2025, it had income of £2,337 and spent £24,998.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £2,337 | £24,998 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2024 | £2,525 | £4,426 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2023 | £8,200 | £21,681 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2022 | £24,555 | £13,174 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2021 | £7,611 | £3,128 | 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 69%, from £7,611 in the year to 5 April 2021 to £2,337 in the year to 5 April 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 1,070% of its income in the year to 5 April 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Frances Alison Pritchard
- MS Jacy Wall
- Susan Mary Hiley Harris
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | 5 February 2026 | Received 3 January 2026, 33 days early | Not required |
| 5 April 2024 | 5 February 2025 | Received 4 February 2025, 1 day early | Not required |
| 5 April 2023 | 5 February 2024 | Received 26 February 2024, 21 days late | Not required |
| 5 April 2022 | 5 February 2023 | Received 14 November 2022, 83 days early | Not required |
| 5 April 2021 | 5 February 2022 | Received 9 March 2022, 32 days late | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 283050
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 19 August 1981
- Governing document
- DEED DATED 19TH JUNE 1981
- Website
- www.theomoormantrust.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
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.