THE CENIARTH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1112313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity undertakes its charitable activities through grantmaking to various other charities and organisations in support of its objects. The Trustees are in the process of realigning the Foundation's mission. As we are near capacity with a set of ongoing commitments, we are currently not reviewing new enquiries.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE NATURE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY SICKNESS DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AND THE PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICES ARISING FROM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADING PRACTICES(3) THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE COUNTIES OF POWYS AND CEREDIGION (4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£8k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £6,297,030, comprising £136,557 in unrestricted funds and £6,160,473 in endowment funds. The trustees report that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations, noting reliance on investment returns to fund grant-making activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Interest on cash deposits (60% of income)
“Interest on cash deposits 47,044” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2021 (received 05/08/2022, 6 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£79k£8k
30/09/2024£67k£1k
30/09/2023£44k£113k
30/09/2022£15k£147k
30/09/2021£15k£26k

Common questions

Is THE CENIARTH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £6,297,030, comprising £136,557 in unrestricted funds and £6,160,473 in endowment funds. The trustees report that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations, noting reliance on investment returns to fund grant-making activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Ripple Effect International1£150k
UNSEEN (UK)1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WHINBANK TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CENIARTH FOUNDATION£79k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WHINBANK TRUST FY2026£26k—0unclear—no doubt
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SAMWORTH FOUNDATION FY2026£3.2m£60,000 to £70,0001above—no doubt
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION FY2025£12.4m—0below—no doubt
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.