Montgomeryshire Field Society

To observe, record & preserve the flora & fauna by way of field visits throughout the summer and issue an annual report containing the findings.We also carry out a winter programme of talks in order to promote our activities and raise awareness in the community of items of interest or areas of concern regarding the state of the natural history locally

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

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Montgomeryshire

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £2,206 and spent £1,523.

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

Up 38%, from £1,598 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £2,206 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 69% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent less than its income in each 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.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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.

12 trustees run the charity.

• Andrew HughesAppointed 4 March 2023
• Anne Kathryn ThorneAppointed 14 May 2021
• Dorothy Janet ProbertAppointed 8 March 2025
• Elizabeth Anne BeareAppointed 14 May 2021
• Elizabeth Lorraine WilsonAppointed 1 January 2019
• Judith AbbeyAppointed 4 March 2023
• Martin BeatonAppointed 8 March 2025
• Philippa Anne Victoria YoungAppointed 14 May 2021
• Susan Mary HughesAppointed 4 March 2023
• Susan SouthamAppointed 14 May 2021
• Sylvia BackhouseAppointed 14 May 2021
• Therese Jane SmoutAppointed 4 March 2023

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

501851

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

24 October 1972

Governing document

RULES ADOPTED 26 OCTOBER 1946 AS AMENDED 9 DECEMBER 1951, AMENDED BY SCHEME 17 NOVEMBER 2000 as amended on 14 Apr 2021

Website

www.montgomeryshirefieldsociety.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Powys

• 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.

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