The Community Foundation in Wales

Analysis

The Community Foundation in Wales is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff / Caerdydd. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03670680). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Community Foundation in Wales reported income of £3.2m and spending of £3.5m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £2.4m to £3.2m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Community Foundation in Wales sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Praxis Community Projects (£3.2m), Give It Forward Today (£3.2m) and Sanctuary Trust Limited (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, donations and legacies 28% and investments 15%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.3m. Reserves of £583k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.