Charities have cut ties with the former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards. 

At Westminster Magistrates’ Court today, Edwards pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. 

The charges relate to 41 images that were shared on a WhatsApp chat between 2020 and 2022.

The National Churches Trust said it had dropped Edwards as a vice-president after he was charged with the offences earlier this week. 

“In light of the news on Monday 29 July, the National Churches Trust has confirmed that Huw Edwards is no longer a vice-president for the charity. We are shocked and saddened by the recent developments.”

He had been a vice-president of the charity, which works to conserve UK church buildings, since 2013. 

The charity has 28 vice-presidents who support the charity in an unpaid capacity.

Edwards is also no longer an ambassador for the Journalists’ Charity, which supports people working in the profession. 

The charity did not respond to a request for comment from Third Sector but he is no longer listed on the organisation's list of ambassadors on its website.