Card Factory Foundation

Registered charity 1180081 Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Brian Nicholas Waring Chair since 2022
Georgia Walsh since 2022
Joanne Thorburn since 2022
Susan Glass since 2018
Stephanie Paula Steele since 2022
Vicky Bramley since 2024

4.3y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Susan Glass since 2018

5.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Brian Nicholas Waring Chair since 2022
Georgia Walsh since 2022
Joanne Thorburn since 2022
Susan Glass since 2018
Stephanie Paula Steele since 2022
Vicky Bramley since 2024

company-linked trustees

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 1Professional services 1

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1.4m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 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.

Also active in the same field

Horizon Care and Welfare Association Similar size; both General purposes
North Somerset Citizens Advice Bureau Similar size; both General purposes
Southend Association of Voluntary Services Similar size; both General purposes
Childlife Similar size; both General purposes
Islington Play Association Similar size; both General purposes
Citizens Advice Central Dorset Limited Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.cardfactoryfoundation.org
Email	trustees@cardfactoryfoundation.org
Phone	07933399645
Address	Card Factory, Century House, Brunel Road, Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0XG

Finances

£1,369,267 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£711,405	£688,178
2022	£1,005,569	£299,543
2023	£1,440,098	£110,187
2024	£1,497,205	£201,444
2025	£1,369,267	£483,783

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity are to advance, for the public benefit, such exclusively charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the Trustees in their absolute discretion see fit from time to time.Nothing in the Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 FEB 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19 SEP 2018 as amended on 11 Nov 2024

Trustees (6)

6trustees

50median age

0aged 70+

Brian Nicholas Waringage band 60-64 Chair since 2022
Georgia Walshage band 35-39 since 2022
Joanne Thorburnage band 55-59 since 2022
Susan Glassage band 45-49 since 2018
Stephanie Paula Steeleage band 40-44 since 2022
Vicky Bramleyage band 50-54 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Card Factory Foundation · 11217058 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/02/2018

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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