Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

The charity's objectives are for the benefit of the public generally and, in particular, the inhabitants of Cardiff and its surrounding areas. The activities promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Established: 15 years

www.cardiffcityfcfoundation.org.uk

info@cardiffcityfc.org.uk

02920231212

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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
31/08/22£1,761£1,722£38£24£944£8726.15110
31/08/21£1,545£1,477£68£50£905£8917.2440
31/08/20£1,767£1,690£76£92£838£8245.85510
31/08/19*£2,072£1,688£385£52£762£7495.34975
31/08/18£1,492£1,302£190£43£377£3463.24030
31/08/17£1,430£1,285£146£14£187£1821.7340
31/08/16£1,700£1,565£135£23£41£260.2500
31/08/15£1,774£1,990£-215£41£-94£-104-0.6500
31/08/14£1,649£1,560£89£17£121£1210.9580
31/08/13£1,144£1,193£-49£5£32£320.3530
31/08/12?*£521£528£-7£1£88£882500
31/01/11£592£577£16£2£101£701.5500
31/01/10£391£338£53£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 51 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

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
BBC Children in Need£119,998
Ministry of Defence£11,108
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust£11,108
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - FOOTBALL WELCOMES
£10,000 18/09/2023
Cardiff City FC Community Foundation will use £10000 to provide opportunities for asylum seekers and refugees to take part in activities that improve their physical and mental health whilst ....more
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£11,108 25/06/2020
Funding allowed the project to support their beneficiaries through alternative channels in the absence of face-to-face contact during Covid-19.
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£11,108 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 04/09/2019
WCA Closing Bonus
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Cardiff City FC Community Foundation
£119,998 26/06/2019
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This project will provide football sessions for disabled young people. They will be more physically active, form better relationships with others, and improve their communication skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Generations
£9,951 15/01/2019
21
Project Summary :_x000D_ Cardiff City FC Community Foundation will bring together isolated groups of older people and young people in an intergenerational project._x000D_ What Money is for ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 31/05/2018
WCA 2018-2019 winner
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£19,855 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-67
  • VEH KEN CHOO Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer/Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/03/2009, number: 1128443
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/01/2009, number: 06799376
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR19: 64 days late, AR12: 2 days late,
Main office

Cardiff City (House of Sport) Ltd
Clos Parc Morgannwg
CARDIFF
CF11 8AW

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF CARDIFF AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:-3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIESFOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVINGHEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS CLAUSE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT ANDORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURETIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASONOF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE ANDWITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANSAS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY; AND3.4 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHEREXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TOTIME DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CARDIFF

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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