Cartref Limited

Analysis

Cartref Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05626413). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cartref Limited reported income of £181k and spending of £29k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.8m to £181k (-94%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Cartref Limited sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sutton Old People's Welfare Committee (£180k), Rise and Thrive Foundation (£181k) and The Richard Meins Charitable Trust (£180k).