The Gap Cardiff

Analysis

The Gap Cardiff is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Gap Cardiff reported income of £25k and spending of £29k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £32k to £25k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Gap Cardiff sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guitar Aid (£25k), Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Nuneaton (£25k) and Glamorgan Muslim Community Association (£25k).