Powis Exhibition Fund
What it does
The Powis Exhibition Fund provides Exhibitions for the study of Theology. Awards are available to ordinands of the Church in Wales who are Welsh speaking.
Its charitable purposes
(1)SUBJECT TO PAYMENT OF THE EXPENSES AFORESAID THE GOVERNORS SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN PROMOTING THE STUDY OF THEOLOGY BY PERSONS WHO ARE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES AND WHO INTEND TO BECOME OR ALREADY ARE MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES AND WHO WERE BORN IN OR ARE NOW RESIDENT IN WALES AND WHO HAVE AN ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE BY THE AWARD TO SUCH PERSONS OF EXHIBITIONS (TO BE CALLED POWIS EXHIBITIONS) TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY OR THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE GOVERNORS.(2) WITHIN THE LIMITS PRESCRIBED BY THIS SCHEME THE GOVERNORS SHALL HAVE FULL POWER TO MAKE RULES FOR THE AWARD OF THE EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING RULES AS TO THEIR VALUE AND PERIOD OF TENURE AND THE QUALIFICATIONS AND METHOD OF ASCERTAINMENT AND SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR BENEFIT.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Religious activities
- Who it helps
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Province of Wales
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £17,615 and spent £13,512.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £17,615 | £13,512 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2024 | £17,211 | £10,750 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2023 | £15,695 | £6,750 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2022 | £14,327 | £12,500 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2021 | £13,899 | £11,100 | 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 27%, from £13,899 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £17,615 in the year to 30 June 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 77% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 30 June 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Earl of Powis John George Herbert PowisChair
- Rt Revd Dorrien Paul Davies
- The Right Reverend Cherry Elizabeth Vann
- The Right Reverend GREGORY KENNETH CAMERON
- The Right Reverend John Derrick Percy Lomas
- The Right Reverend Mary Kathleen Rose Stallard
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | 30 April 2026 | Received 16 April 2026, 14 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2024 | 30 April 2025 | Received 1 April 2025, 29 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2023 | 30 April 2024 | Received 29 October 2024, 182 days late | Not required |
| 30 June 2022 | 30 April 2023 | Received 31 May 2023, 31 days late | Not required |
| 30 June 2021 | 30 April 2022 | Received 22 March 2022, 39 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 525770
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 5 October 1966
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 12 DECEMBER 1991.
- 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.