The Widows, Orphans and Dependants Society of the Church in Wales

Analysis

The Widows, Orphans and Dependants Society of the Church in Wales is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in May 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00257884). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Widows, Orphans and Dependants Society of the Church in Wales reported income of £143k and spending of £220k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £94k to £143k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Widows, Orphans and Dependants Society of the Church in Wales sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ipswich Community Playbus (£143k), Youth for Christ Gloucestershire (£143k) and The Waterbeach Charity (£143k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.