Common questions about The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a good charity? +
The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem scores 81 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 91% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem as a registered charity (charity number 250523). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=250523&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's charity number? +
The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's charity number is 250523. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's charity rating? +
The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem scores 81 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 91% of The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 9% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 9% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem receive? +
The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem reported £8.0m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-07). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem based? +
The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's registered contact address is in Cardiff (CF24 5PB). It tells the regulator it operates in Wales, with a focus on health.
How much is The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's money come from? +
The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem reported £8m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £6.5m (81%), donations and legacies £1.1m (14%), other income £273k (3%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £83k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem? +
The register records The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's trustees paid? +
The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem: St John Cymru Wales the Priory for Wales of the Orde; The Order of St John Priory for Wales St John Ambulance in Wales.
When was The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem registered as a charity? +
The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem was entered on the register on 15 December 1966. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05071073).
How does CharityCompare score The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.