Registered charity (CIO) · Cardiff
Grow Cardiff
- 8 trustees
- Income £277k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alun Gwynne JonesChair · since 2020
- Aisling JudgeTrustee · since 2016
- Francoise CurtisTrustee · since 2019
- Geoffrey William Lewis Austen SmithTrustee · since 2024
- John Daniel OwenTrustee · since 2022
- Penelope SmithTrustee · since 2021
- Rachel Miles-BakerTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah GriffithsTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Cardiff
- Website
- www.growcardiff.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£277k£235k
- 2024£231k£212k
- 2023£211k£169k
Earlier years
- 2022£129k£101k
- 2021£89k£77k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CARDIFF AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND OTHER LOCAL FOOD INITIATIVES, LAND AND COMMUNITY GROWING PROJECTS AND THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWING AND VOLUNTEERING.
Grants received
10 grants · £136,631 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 Fore · £30,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £28,586 (4 grants)
- Postcode Community Trust · £25,000
- People's Health Trust · £23,045
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Alun Gwynne Jones Chair since 2020
- Aisling Judge since 2016
- Francoise Curtis since 2019
- Geoffrey William Lewis Austen Smith since 2024
- John Daniel Owen since 2022
- Penelope Smith since 2021
- Rachel Miles-Baker since 2025
- Sarah Griffiths since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Aisling Judge since 2016
- Francoise Curtis since 2019
- Sarah Griffiths since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alun Gwynne Jones Chair since 2020
- Aisling Judge since 2016
- Francoise Curtis since 2019
- Geoffrey William Lewis Austen Smith since 2024
- John Daniel Owen since 2022
- Penelope Smith since 2021
- Rachel Miles-Baker since 2025
- Sarah Griffiths since 2017
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161591
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 08 May 2015
- Contact on the register
- 07403583705 · info@growcardiff.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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