The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Friendly Trust

Registered charity 1084265 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout 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.

8 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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

Health and social care 7Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£775k 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.

4.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

22 from 19 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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.friendlytrust.org.uk
Emailadvice@friendlytrust.org.uk
Phone02920225200
AddressThe Friendly Trust, Canton House, 435-451 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF5 1JH

Finances

£775,270 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£515,236£534,708
2022£835,429£577,668
2023£725,690£670,245
2024£786,113£877,228
2025£775,270£887,407

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCES TO SUCH PERSONS, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR INCOME, CURRENT ASSETS AND FUTURE INHERITED RESOURCES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 JUL 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 NOV 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 SEP 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 OCT 2017

Trustees (8)

8trustees
44median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Friendly Trust · 03608297 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/07/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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