Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 20

GROW CARDIFF

Grow Cardiff is a charity that promotes and enables people to grow their own food, through our community allotment to our outreach work across Cardiff we are a passionate organisation that aims to change the way we think about food.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 9 years

https://www.growcardiff.org/

info@growcardiff.org

07403583705

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£211	£169	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/03/22	£129	£101	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	145
31/03/21	£89	£77	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,110
31/03/20	£77	£66	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	800
31/03/19	£37	£42	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18	£56	£41	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£43	£35	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£13	£12	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cardiff,

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
250 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Fore	£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,735
DCMS	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Riverside Community Garden
£9,781	25/07/2023	Grow Cardiff will spend £9781 to improve their Volunteers' mental health with outdoor social and learning experiences based around gardening and sustainability. The grant will pay for staff ....more Grow Cardiff will spend £9781 to improve their Volunteers' mental health with outdoor social and learning experiences based around gardening and sustainability. The grant will pay for staff equipment outdoor furniture publicity workshops training tools and travel. Bydd Grow Cardiff yn gwario £9781 i wella iechyd meddwl eu Gwirfoddolwyr gyda phrofiadau awyr agored cymdeithasol a dysgu yn seiliedig ar arddio a chynaliadwyedd. Bydd y grant yn talu am staff offer dodrefn awyr agored cyhoeddusrwydd gweithdai hyfforddiant offer a chostau teithio.
The Fore - Grant to Grow Cardiff
£30,000	01/04/2023 36	Grow Cardiff is a tenacious, award winning, grassroots charity. They’re making a lasting difference to the health and wellbeing of local people through community gardening. The charity empowers ....more Grow Cardiff is a tenacious, award winning, grassroots charity. They’re making a lasting difference to the health and wellbeing of local people through community gardening. The charity empowers those marginalised through poverty or lack of opportunity by creating buzzing, nature-filled hubs in urban spaces. Grow Cardiff has ten successful social-prescribing partnerships with GPs already in place, and demand from the NHS to expand across Wales. Schools are also looking for more of their programmes including Edible Playgrounds.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Companions
£9,954	01/07/2021	Grow Cardiff will use £9954 to offer a social prescribing scheme for people to take part in community growing sessions that address their health wellbeing and isolation.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000	06/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Inspired to Grow
£8,550	29/05/2018 12	Inspired to Grow
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Grow Cardiff
£7,926	29/11/2017	We want to transform a bowling green into a thriving community garden for children from adjacent special needs schools and local people.
Nesta - AC00674
£15,000	08/08/2017 7	Y Lab - Innovate to Save programme grant to Grow Cardiff Grant Ref AC00674

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

AISLING JUDGE Appointed: 2016

ALUN GWYNNE JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2020

DR JEMMA HAWKINS Appointed: 2015

FRANCOISE CURTIS Appointed: 2019

JOHN DANIEL OWEN Appointed: 2022

NICOLA ANN THOMAS Appointed: 2022

PENELOPE SMITH Appointed: 2021

SARAH GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2017

STEPHEN WILLIAM PARRY-LANGDON Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/05/2015, number: 1161591

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Grow Cardiff
460 Cowbridge Road West
CARDIFF
CF5 5BZ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CARDIFF AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND OTHER LOCAL FOOD INITIATIVES, LAND AND COMMUNITY GROWING PROJECTS AND THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWING AND VOLUNTEERING.

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