The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Community Foundation in Wales

Registered charity 1074655 Registered since 1999

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.7y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Business services 12Health and social care 5Other services 4

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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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£3.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.8 in 2021

12 from 9 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.communityfoundationwales.org.uk
Emailinfo@communityfoundationwales.org.uk
Phone02920379580
AddressFirst Floor / Llawr Cyntaf, Hastings House, Fitzalan Place, Cardiff / Caerdydd, CF24 0BL

Finances

£3,138,065 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,738,821£6,346,165
2022£2,375,530£2,280,979
2023£4,165,974£2,653,208
2024£3,907,757£4,487,531
2025£3,138,065£3,239,089

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WALES INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WALES.OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE, IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES, BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 NOVEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 18 JULY 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAY 2012

Trustees (11)

11trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Community Foundation in Wales · 03670680 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/11/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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