Objects: The advancement of education.
Origin: The Charity was founded by the Will of Thomas Howell (citizen and Draper of London who died at Seville circa 1539).
Under an Act of Parliament in 1852 the Court of Chancery was empowered to extend the objects of the Charity to the establishment, maintenance and benefit of girls’ schools in Wales and to providing benefits for orphan pupils of such schools. A scheme of the High Court of Chancery, dated 23rd March 1853, duly provided authority for the establishment of a girls’ schools at Denbigh and Llandaff. Under the Scheme, as amended and clarified over the years by various further Schemes and Orders, the net income of the Charity is distributed as set out below:-
Out of the annual income, £500 is to be credited to the “Portion and Endowment Fund” and up to £700 is to be used towards the cost of maintaining scholarships at Howell’s School, Llandaff for the benefit of girls resident in Monmouthshire and Newport. The residue of the net annual income, after deduction of management expenses, is to be divided equally between The Thomas Howell’s Education Fund for North Wales and Howell’s School, Llandaff.
Policy: The terms of the Charity’s Trust are tightly drawn. The only areas in which the Trustee has any discretion are in respect of grants made from the Portion and Endowment Fund and the award of scholarships at Howell’s School, Llandaff for the benefit of girls resident in Monmouthshire and Newport. Contact the School or The Drapers’ Company for further information.
