Registered charity · Cardiff
Institute of Welsh Affairs
2.1 The Objects of the Charity are to advance the education of the general public of, and to promote research into (and the publication of the results thereof), socio-economics, politics, science and technology, including but not limited...
- 8 trustees
- Income £203k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gwendolyn Helena SterkChair · since 2024
- Anthony PicklesTrustee · since 2018
- Ben Gordon JoakimTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Elizabeth Zaidee HaywoodTrustee · since 2023
- Helen Francis Mortlock PearceTrustee · since 2016
- Kelly-Marie Huxley-RobertsTrustee · since 2023
- Lauren Maeve McevattTrustee · since 2024
- Shayoni Sarkar LynnTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.iwa.wales (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Institute of Welsh Affairs
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£203k£216k
- 2024£414k£402k
- 2023£483k£399k
Earlier years
- 2022£341k£423k
- 2021£450k£369k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
2.1 The Objects of the Charity are to advance the education of the general public of, and to promote research into (and the publication of the results thereof), socio-economics, politics, science and technology, including but not limited to:-(a) the effect of socio-economic, political and scientific factors on public policy; and(b) the effect of socio-economic, financial, political, environmental and international factors on the living standards of all sections of the community.
Grants received
8 grants · £564,084 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Friends Provident Foundation · £294,000 (5 grants)
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £135,084
- LEF · £125,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
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Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Gwendolyn Helena Sterk Chair since 2024
- Anthony Pickles since 2018
- Ben Gordon Joakim since 2023
- Dr Elizabeth Zaidee Haywood since 2023
- Helen Francis Mortlock Pearce since 2016
- Kelly-Marie Huxley-Roberts since 2023
- Lauren Maeve Mcevatt since 2024
- Shayoni Sarkar Lynn since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony Pickles since 2018
- Helen Francis Mortlock Pearce since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Gwendolyn Helena Sterk Chair since 2024
- Anthony Pickles since 2018
- Ben Gordon Joakim since 2023
- Dr Elizabeth Zaidee Haywood since 2023
- Helen Francis Mortlock Pearce since 2016
- Kelly-Marie Huxley-Roberts since 2023
- Lauren Maeve Mcevatt since 2024
- Shayoni Sarkar Lynn since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1078435
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 JULY 1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20 JUNE 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 DEC 2006 as amended on 25 Nov 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 02151006 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02920484387 · info@iwa.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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