Owen Jones Charity
What it does
Makes grants to individuals to help them with their education. Offers grants, generally in the form of one-off payments to persons or families in financial need. Before awards are made, the financial backgrounds of applicants are checked by questionnare.Supports educational projects in local primary schools, in areas not funded by the local authority.
Its charitable purposes
THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR PERSONS LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. THIS INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF SUMS OF MONEY TO AID STUDENTS IN FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION AT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND SUMS OF MONEY TO ASSIST APPRENTICES WHO ARE ENTERING TRADES, TO PROVIDE THEM WITH NECESSARY TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, SUMS OF MONEY TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE THREE PRIMARY SCHOOLS OR THE COLLEGE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS THAT WILL PROVIDE LONG-LASTING BENEFITS TO ALL OF THEIR PUPILS OR STUDENTS.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
Where it works
- In Wales
- Flintshire
Area of benefit in its governing document: Parish of Northop
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £7,601 and spent £11,090.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £7,601 | £11,090 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,026 | £17,453 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £6,884 | £18,625 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £8,409 | £4,186 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £12,596 | £1,505 | 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 40%, from £12,596 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £7,601 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 146% of its income in the year to 31 March 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.
In council meetings
Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.
24 September 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Treasury Management Annual Report 2025/2026
24 September 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Urgent Business
24 September 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Notice of Motion - 2
24 September 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Notice of Motion - 1
24 September 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Annual Wellbeing Report 2025/2026
24 September 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Interim Designation of Section 151 Officer
24 September 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Statement of Accounts
In the Senedd and Welsh Government
Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.
12 October 2023
Named by Manon Antoniazzi in the Senedd
…have welcomed Mark Egan, who is a parliamentary specialist, and Uzo Iwobi, whose work in race and ethnic relations is very well known, and Menai Owen-Jones, who is a very experienced non-executive manager. So, we are going to be calling on them quite heavily as we go forward.
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Dawn Wolstenholme
- Elaine Margaret Jones
- Kenneth Massey
- Kevin Weston
- Rev Martin Batchelor
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 2 December 2025, 60 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 13 October 2024, 110 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 9 October 2023, 114 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 15 August 2022, 169 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 15 November 2021, 77 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 525453
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 18 March 1965
- Governing document
- CHARITY COMMISSION SCHEME 3 MAY 2006 as amended on 18 Dec 2020 as amended on 18 Dec 2020
- Council area of its contact address
- Flintshire
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.
- In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
- In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.
Elsewhere in the Edau family
- OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
- OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
- OpenCouncil: Flintshire Council's meetings and decisions
- OpenEconomy: Flintshire's economy in figures
- OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Clwyd
- OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Fflint Wrecsam