# PROWDES EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 310255
- **Other names:** PROWDE'S CHARITY, PROWDES CHARITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 23, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=310255


## Contact

- **Address:** Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP, 24 King William Street, London
- **Postcode:** EC4R 9AT
- **Phone:** 01212273720
- **Email:** shiggins@vwv.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** AWARD OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO BOYS OR YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WITH PREFERENCE TO PERSONS SHOWN TO BE DESCENDANTS OF PERSONS NAMED IN THE WILL OF THE FOUNDER AND SECONDLY TO THOSE WHOSE PARENTS ARE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTIES OF SOMERSET AND THE EAST RIDING OR THE NORTH RIDING OF YORK, AND THIRDLY TO THOSE WHOSE NAMES WERE ENTERED IN THE CANDIDATES' BOOK BEFORE THE DATE OF THE SCHEME.

**Activities:** The fund is for the benefit of the founder's kin and boys and young men between the ages of 9 and 25 who are resident in the North or East Ridings of Yorkshire or in the County of Somerset to assist with their education by grant of Prowdes Exhibitions to candidates approved by the Trustees in their absolute discretion.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £19104 | £11436 | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | £18671 | £32557 | — | — |
| May 31, 2023 | £18704 | £60 | — | — |
| May 31, 2022 | £19376 | £8850 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £20644 | £20772 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Fleur Josephine Selwyn Sharpe** (Chair) — appointed July 16, 2019
- Benjamin Batley — appointed Sept. 24, 2025
- DAVID SHARP — appointed Nov. 13, 2025
- MICHAEL HEASMAN — appointed May 22, 2025
- Michael Joseph Byrne — appointed July 25, 2023
- Oliver James Patrick — appointed July 25, 2023