Cardiff City FC Community Foundation

Analysis

Cardiff City FC Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06799376). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cardiff City FC Community Foundation reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.8m (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Cardiff City FC Community Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Families First (North East) (£1.8m), South West Action for Learning and Living Our Way Limited (£1.8m) and Equal People Mencap (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 14% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £995k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.