Grassroots (Cardiff) Limited

The provision of a city centre facility for young people who are suffering socio economic deprivation who require assistance to help and educate them through leisure-time activities so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and their conditions of life may be improved.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Cardiff

Area of benefit in its governing document: South Glamorgan

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £45 and spent £660.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Down 99%, from £3,456 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £45 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 1,467% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 5 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 4 grants to this charity since 2005, worth at least £41,753.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 3 March 2022, Cardiff

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Council

  Declarations of Interest

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• 3 March 2022, Cardiff

  Mackie declared an interest that names the charity, at Council

  Recorded as a other interest.

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• 3 March 2022, Cardiff

  Gordon declared an interest that names the charity, at Council

  Recorded as a other interest.

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3 trustees run the charity.

• Dennis John Donovan
• Dr Howard John Williamson CBE
• Marco Antonio Gil-cervantes

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

1110186

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

23 June 2005

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 FEBRUARY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20 JUNE 2005

Company number

05038314This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.grassrootscardiff.comAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Cardiff Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Cardiff's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Caerdydd Penarth