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Cardiff City FC Community Foundation
Cardiff City FC Community Foundation is a registered charity (number 1128443) based in Cardiff, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Andrew Paul Diplock since 2023. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Cardiff City FC Foundation (Charity Commission)
- 12 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Andrew Paul DiplockChair · since 2023
- Ali AbdiTrustee · since 2023
- Catrin Sian StarkTrustee · since 2023
- Hywel John DafyddTrustee · since 2018
- James Henry AskeyTrustee · since 2025
- Katie DaltonTrustee · since 2018
- Luke TakeuchiTrustee · since 2024
- Paul WilkinsTrustee · since 2025
- Ross Alexander McdiarmidTrustee · since 2026
- Steven BorleyTrustee · since 2016
- Veh Ken ChooTrustee · since 2016
- Victoria Anne WhittinghamTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.cardiffcityfcfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cardiff City FC Community Foundation
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.8m
- 2024£1.6m£1.8m
- 2023£1.7m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.7m
- 2021£1.5m£1.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF CARDIFF AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:-3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIESFOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVINGHEALTH ("FACILITIES" IN THIS CLAUSE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT ANDORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURETIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASONOF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE ANDWITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANSAS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY; AND3.4 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHEREXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TOTIME DECIDE.
Grants received
12 grants · £651,163 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £428,427 (4 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £120,498 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £59,275
- Ministry of Defence · £30,963 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £11,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Ministry of Defence
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Andrew Paul Diplock Chair since 2023
- Ali Abdi since 2023
- Catrin Sian Stark since 2023
- Hywel John Dafydd since 2018
- James Henry Askey since 2025
- Katie Dalton since 2018
- Luke Takeuchi since 2024
- Paul Wilkins since 2025
- Ross Alexander Mcdiarmid since 2026
- Steven Borley since 2016
- Veh Ken Choo since 2016
- Victoria Anne Whittingham since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Hywel John Dafydd since 2018
- Katie Dalton since 2018
- Steven Borley since 2016
- Veh Ken Choo since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew Paul Diplock Chair since 2023
- Catrin Sian Stark since 2023
- Hywel John Dafydd since 2018
- Katie Dalton since 2018
- Luke Takeuchi since 2024
- Paul Wilkins since 2025
- Ross Alexander Mcdiarmid since 2026
- Veh Ken Choo since 2016
- Victoria Anne Whittingham since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Ali Abdi since 2023
- James Henry Askey since 2025
- Steven Borley since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1128443
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 JANUARY 2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14 NOV 2016 as amended on 07 Jan 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 06799376 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02920231212 · info@cardiffcityfc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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