Card Factory Foundation

Analysis

Card Factory Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11217058). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Card Factory Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.1m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £1.0m to £1.4m (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 33% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Card Factory Foundation 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Islington Play Association (£1.4m), Canolfan Cynghori Ynys Mon Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.4m) and Chonyi Wisdom Charity (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 3.9%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £891k. Reserves of £6.4m would cover about 69 months of spending at that rate.