Recovery Cymru Community

Registered charity 1154530 Registered since 2013

Operates: Cardiff, Vale Of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taff

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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

Gail Smith Chair since 2015
Dominic Houlihan since 2017
Dr Amanda-Jane Oliver since 2015
Louisa Turner since 2024
Ruth Saunders since 2022
Simon Underhill since 2023
Stephen Bayley since 2024
Susan Boxall since 2022

5.8y median 4y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Gail Smith Chair since 2015
Dominic Houlihan since 2017
Dr Amanda-Jane Oliver since 2015

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Gail Smith Chair since 2015
Dominic Houlihan since 2017
Dr Amanda-Jane Oliver since 2015
Louisa Turner since 2024
Simon Underhill since 2023
Stephen Bayley since 2024
Susan Boxall since 2022

Portfolio (1)

Ruth Saunders since 2022

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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Other services 8Business services 1Health and social care 1

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£751k 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.

4.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.0 in 2021

31 from 26 in 2024

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.

65%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Friends of Cathays Cemetery 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The College of General Dentistry Similar size; both Health
National Heart and Lung Foundation Similar size; both Health
Orchid Cancer Appeal Similar size; both Health
Wild Young Parents Project Similar size; both Health
Better World Charity Limited Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.recoverycymru.org.uk
Email	info@recoverycymru.org.uk
Phone	02920227019
Address	RECOVERY CYMRU, 218 Cowbridge Rd East, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1GX

Finances

£750,933 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£354,724	£343,969
2022	£457,564	£434,595
2023	£499,674	£493,546
2024	£576,517	£585,399
2025	£750,933	£745,321

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, IN CARDIFF AND THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF RECOVERY SUPPORT, ADVICE, INFORMATION, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 MAY 2013

Trustees (8)

8trustees

48median age

0aged 70+

Gail Smithage band 55-59 Chair since 2015
Dominic Houlihanage band 40-44 since 2017
Dr Amanda-Jane Oliverage band 50-54 since 2015
Louisa Turnerage band 30-34 since 2024
Ruth Saundersage band 35-39 since 2022
Simon Underhillage band 45-49 since 2023
Stephen Bayleyage band 50-54 since 2024
Susan Boxall since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

Recovery Cymru Community · 08520441 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/05/2013

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Friends of Cathays Cemetery 1 shared trustee

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