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Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC)

Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) is a registered charity (number 1068623) based in Cardiff, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £985k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £985k (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Cardiff
Website
www.c3sc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC)
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£985k£1.0m
  • 2024£1.1m£1.1m
  • 2023£1.1m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£933k£870k
  • 2021£1.0m£705k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 33% · Government grants 56%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CARDIFF CITY AND COUNTY AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. (2) TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Grants received

3 grants · £1,512,082 total

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Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

1.1y median 0y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 10General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 6Arts and leisure 2Other services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£985k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 11.7 in 2021

15 from 10 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
89%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1068623
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 19 MARCH 1997. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 4 MARCH 1998, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 19 JANUARY 2011 AND REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 9 FEBRUARY 2011. as amended on 26 Sep 2019
Companies House
Company number 03336421 · Active
Contact on the register
02920485722 · sheila.h@c3sc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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