Registered charity 1140762

Cardiff Metropolitan University

What it does

Teaching and research opportunities for the public benefit

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

Its charitable purposes

FROM THE EDUCATION REFORM ACT 1988 AS AMENDED: (A) TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION; (B) PROVIDE FURTHER EDUCATION;(C) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH IT IN SUCH MANNER AS THE CORPORATION THINK FIT;(D) TO DO ANYTHING WHICH APPEARS TO BE NECESSARY OR EXPEDIENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY OF THE POWERS CONFERRED ON IT BY SUBSECTIONS 124 (1) AND (2) OF THE 1988 ACT,

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Health and saving lives
Accommodation and housing
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Amateur sport
Economic and community development, and employment
Who it helps: Children and young people
The general public
How it works: Provides staff or volunteers
Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information
Sponsors or carries out research

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Caerphilly
Cardiff
Denbighshire
Neath Port Talbot
Vale of Glamorgan
Rhondda Cynon Taf

Elsewhere

Southwark
Bulgaria
China
Egypt
Greece
India
Lebanon
Malaysia
Morocco
Ireland
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 July 2025, it had income of £148,589,000 and spent £146,766,000.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 July 2025	£148,589,000	£146,766,000	1,660	Not reported
31 July 2024	£144,860,000	£144,897,000	1,689	Not reported
31 July 2023	£153,234,000	£147,638,000	1,574	Not reported
31 July 2022	£137,176,000	£137,885,000	1,450	Not reported
31 July 2021	£122,289,000	£119,428,000	1,319	Not reported

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.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 22%, from £122,289,000 in the year to 31 July 2021 to £148,589,000 in the year to 31 July 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 99% of its income in the year to 31 July 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Money from government: 12% of its income in the year to 31 July 2025 came from government grants and contracts (£18,005,973).
Largest funder: Medr gave £10,760,000 in the year to 31 July 2025, 7% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

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

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 July 2025: £16,467,907 from 19 grants. Government contracts: £1,538,066 from 7 contracts.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 July 2025	£16,467,907 from 19 grants	£1,538,066 from 7 contracts
31 July 2024	£13,526,154 from 14 grants	£2,753,603 from 7 contracts
31 July 2023	£21,383,174 from 141 grants	£1,112,081 from 7 contracts
31 July 2022	£18,868,669 from 84 grants	£1,376,464 from 8 contracts
31 July 2021	£17,457,167 from 48 grants	£1,226,967 from 5 contracts

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Where its income came from in the year ending 31 July 2025

Donations and legacies£4,000
Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£147,191,000
Investments£1,394,000

From the charity's annual return. Only charities with income over £500,000 give this breakdown.

Who funds it, according to its accounts

In its accounts for the year ending 31 July 2025, the charity named 2 funders who gave £10,795,000 between them. £10,760,000 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Money received from each named funder, by accounts year
Funder	Type	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	Jul 2023
Medr	Other public body	£10,760,000
Turing Scheme	Trust, company or other	£35,000
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales	Other public body		£8,162,000	£6,515,000
UK Research and Innovation	UK Government		£826,000

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 7 grants to this charity since 2013, worth at least £365,847.

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.

By funder

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy£255,850, 2 grants
Nesta£82,000, 2 grants
The National Lottery Community Fund£27,997, 3 grants

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
30 Jan 2025	The National Lottery Community FundEmpowering Movement at Any Age through Movement Inspired by Martial Arts	£19,997
28 Jun 2023	NestaAC01579	£80,000
1 Apr 2018	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyALB - UKRI - Cardff Metropolitan University and J G Hale Construction Limited	£160,302
1 Apr 2018	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyALB - UKRI - Cardiff Metropolitan University and Yard Associates Ltd	£95,548
1 Mar 2016	NestaAC00538	£2,000
26 Oct 2014	The National Lottery Community Fund20Twenty Leadership Programme	£3,000
7 Mar 2013	The National Lottery Community Fund20Twenty Leadership for Social Enterprises Programme (L4SE)	£5,000

In council meetings

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

24 September 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Oral Questions
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10 March 2026, Carmarthenshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Place, Sustainability & Climate Change Scrutiny Committee
2025/26 END OF QUARTER 3 PERFORMANCE REPORT (01/04/2025-31/12/2025)
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20 January 2026, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee
Central South Active Partnership
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23 October 2025, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Oral Questions
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20 October 2025, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Named in an agenda item or minute of Corporate Parenting Board
PUPIL DEVELOPMENT GRANT (PDG) LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN (LAC) EVALUATION OF THE SCHOOL CLUSTER MODEL DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2024/25
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25 September 2025, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Named in an agenda item or minute of Education and Inclusion Scrutiny Committee
WELSH IN EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE
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21 July 2025, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Named in an agenda item or minute of Community Services Scrutiny Committee
Bi-Annual Cabinet Member Engagement
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15 April 2025, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee
GLL Better Leisure
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7 April 2025, Newport
Named in an agenda item or minute of Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE)
RVE updates
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19 March 2025, Monmouthshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Standing Advisory Council for Religion, Values and Ethics (SAC)
The Teacher Voice Project: RVE in the Curriculum for Wales
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14 February 2025, Denbighshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE)
WASACRE
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21 January 2025, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee
Central South Regional Sports Partnership Update
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26 September 2024, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Oral Questions
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14 November 2023, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee
Youth Services
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23 October 2023, Ceredigion
Named in an agenda item or minute of Thriving Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Food Centre Wales
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25 April 2023, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee
Physical Activity and Sport Strategy - Implementation Progress Update
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16 March 2023, Torfaen
Named in an agenda item or minute of Education Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Post Inspection Action Plan (PIAP), Estyn Recommendation 1 / Cynllun Gweithredu Ôl-Adolygiad (CGOA), Argymhelliad 1 Estyn
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27 October 2022, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
Oral Questions
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19 January 2022, Cardiff
Named in an agenda item or minute of Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee
Physical Activity & Sport Strategy
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In the Senedd and Welsh Government

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

1 October 2026
Named by Dr Helen Taylor in the Senedd
Dr Helen Taylor from Cardiff Metropolitan University.
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1 October 2026
Named by Dr Henry Dawson in the Senedd
Shall I go first? Dr Henry Dawson from Cardiff Metropolitan University.
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3 March 2026
Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd
…of that. I do welcome and thank those who've organised the memorial event tonight, organised by Dr Ashley Morgan, senior lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, bringing runners from across south Wales. As you said, they'll come to the steps of the Senedd. This will provide a very powerful and…
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4 February 2026
Named by Natasha Asghar in the Senedd
…ational insurance contributions are featured heavily in the difficulties that they are facing, with the University of South Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan University estimating to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee in 2025 that this costs them £2.5 million and £1.6 million respectively, and on top o…
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13 January 2026
Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd
…arning. Many of you will also know about the pioneering work of DARPL, the diversity anti-racist professional learning team, based at Cardiff Metropolitan University, working with schools across Wales, making a huge impact and helping the teachers as well as the learners. I very much welcome the con…
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17 December 2025
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: DFM Cabsec CCRA
Purpose: Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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16 December 2025
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: MinFHE
Purpose: Vice Chancellor 1-1 with Prof Rachel Langford - Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Vice Chancellor 1-1 with Prof Rachel Langford - Cardiff Metropolitan University
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12 November 2025
Named by Cefin Campbell in the Senedd
…ymru agrees with Estyn's recommendation that we need to create more attractive incentives. And we also support the view of experts at Cardiff Metropolitan University that no-cost or low-cost incentive offers must be considered. And that's why, if Plaid Cymru forms the next Government, we would close…
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29 September 2025
Named by Jenny Rathbone in the Senedd
…nue with our evidence session 6 on the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill. I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Kate Attfield who works for Cardiff Metropolitan University, although she's appearing in her personal capacity, and Dr Rob Wilks, University of the West of England, who's joining us online. So,…
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24 September 2025
Named by Keith Smyton in the Senedd
…that, and that's why there's that food innovation Wales network from Grŵp Llandrillo Menai down to Ceredigion, AberInnovation down to Cardiff Metropolitan University. It's the second step of those incubator units of those larger spaces. We do battle against that every week, and that, to me, is the s…
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19 June 2025
Named by Andrew RT Davies in the Senedd
…there's much connectivity between, maybe, the sector that you come from and, obviously, the higher education sector? I'm thinking of Cardiff Metropolitan University, which have done a lot of good work in developing food products as such, which, basically, can add value to what we produce here in Wa…
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12 June 2025
Named by Yr Athro Wendy Larner in the Senedd
…ork together on a whole raft of things already. Back to your earlier question, Cardiff capital region brings together ourselves, USW, Cardiff Metropolitan University. We do great work around civic mission together. There are lots of examples where we are collaborating. But this question about delive…
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5 June 2025
Named by Yr Athro David Egan in the Senedd
Good morning. Bore da. I'm David Egan. I'm professor of education at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
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20 May 2025
Named in a written question from Jenny Rathbone
Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Education.
What guidance has the Cabinet Secretary given to Cardiff Metropolitan University on how they should spend the £1.73 million they received from the Welsh Government in February this year? Medr was responsible for allocating the £18.5m of one-off additional capital funding provided for the higher educ…
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30 April 2025
Named by Jenny Rathbone in the Senedd
…cently a chronic wound care project that really was innovative and sector leading. It's being delivered out of the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University, where they've got clinics set up as part of the teaching arrangements that all their medical and allied health students are going thr…
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4 April 2025
Named in a written question from Natasha Asghar
Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Education.
What discussions has the Welsh Government had with Cardiff Metropolitan University in the last two years about job cuts? Welsh Government officials are in regular contact with all institutions and have in recent months spoken to members of the senior management team regarding consultation proposals.…
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18 March 2025
Named by Cefin Campbell in the Senedd
…attract teachers into the profession, and to attract young people into being trained as teachers. This is something that experts from Cardiff Metropolitan University have noted recently. So, I would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary whether the two work streams she has referred to several times in t…
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4 February 2025
Named by Rebecca Evans in the Senedd
…es now happening in Cardiff. So, through Cardiff Council, there will be solar, photovoltaic and battery storage across leisure sites. Cardiff Metropolitan University will be installing solar PV, battery storage and heat pumps, and YnNi Teg will be installing solar PV and battery storage across commu…
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22 January 2025
Named by Llyr Gruffydd in the Senedd
…ingual, Welsh and English course, and that corresponds to the provision at the other university that offers the same degree, which is Cardiff Metropolitan University. This is all good news for the sector, it's positive for north Wales, but before the Cabinet Secretary gets too excited, there is a 'b…
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9 January 2025
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Cabsec Education
Purpose: DARPL - Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Cyncoed Campus.
DARPL - Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Cyncoed Campus
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7 November 2024
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: MinFHE
Purpose: Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd | Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd | Cardiff Metropolitan University
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23 October 2024
Named by Vikki Howells in the Senedd
…een to the University of South Wales already, and I’m looking forward in the coming weeks to meeting with both Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University as well. The conversations that I’ve had so far have been really constructive and there has been a lot of desire for further collabora…
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2 October 2024
Named by Lynne Neagle in the Senedd
…that I'm very pleased that we've got work being developed on a much called for literacy assessment tool, which is being developed by Cardiff Metropolitan University, to help with standardised tests aimed at improving the identification of literacy difficulties in secondary school pupils who speak W…
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19 September 2024
Named by Spencer Birns in the Senedd
…d incubate that. One of the programmes we're working on—I'm not sure if you're aware of this—is we have a joint degree programme with Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff Airport, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University from the USA, which is the leading aeronautical university in the world for…
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21 May 2024
Named by Mark Isherwood in the Senedd
…is an imperative step that needs to be clearly established in advance of the transfer of jurisdictional powers', with Dr Huw Evans of Cardiff Metropolitan University stating that, 'in addition to the Welsh Government upholding the independence of Welsh tribunal members, the Counsel General must defe…
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Trustees

23 trustees run the charity.

John Edward Taylor CBEChairAppointed 1 August 2021
Aled Huw RowlandsAppointed 1 June 2026
Ashhar KhanAppointed 1 July 2026
Charlotte Elizabeth BullAppointed 5 January 2026
Christopher PilgrimAppointed 1 August 2021
David Prysor HulseAppointed 1 August 2026
Dr Cathryn Elizabeth WithycombeAppointed 1 December 2024
Dr Clare Frances GlennanAppointed 1 August 2023
Dr Giri Shankar MBEAppointed 22 February 2024
Dr Iva GrayAppointed 19 October 2023
Fergus Gerard FeeneyAppointed 19 October 2023
Jerome FanfareAppointed 1 July 2026
John Anthony GraystoneAppointed 1 June 2026
Karen Marie FiagbeAppointed 1 August 2021
Katie Jane ThirlawayAppointed 1 August 2026
Kellie Louise BeirneAppointed 19 October 2023
Kevin Savio Marc Coutinho MBEAppointed 22 February 2024
Matthew TossellAppointed 1 August 2021
Peter Duncan KennedyAppointed 19 October 2023
Professor Rachael Elizabeth LangfordAppointed 1 February 2024
Roisin Lara ConnollyAppointed 1 August 2021
Simon Lewis ColeAppointed 1 July 2026
Suzann GeorgeAppointed 1 July 2026

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

Filing record

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

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 July 2025	31 May 2026	Received 19 May 2026, 12 days early	Received 19 May 2026
31 July 2024	31 May 2025	Received 29 May 2025, 2 days early	Received 29 May 2025
31 July 2023	31 May 2024	Received 20 May 2024, 11 days early	Received 20 May 2024
31 July 2022	31 May 2023	Received 26 April 2023, 35 days early	Received 26 April 2023
31 July 2021	31 May 2022	Received 14 April 2022, 47 days early	Received 6 June 2022

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1140762
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 10 March 2011
Governing document: ARTICLES OF GOVERNMENT DATED 12 DECEMBER 1994 AS AMENDED ON 1 NOVEMBER 2011
Website: www.cardiffmet.ac.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 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.
In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 July 2025

£148,589,000

£146,766,000

1,660

Not reported

31 July 2024

£144,860,000

£144,897,000

1,689

Not reported

31 July 2023

£153,234,000

£147,638,000

1,574

Not reported

31 July 2022

£137,176,000

£137,885,000

1,450

Not reported

31 July 2021

£122,289,000

£119,428,000

1,319

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 July 2025

£16,467,907 from 19 grants

£1,538,066 from 7 contracts

31 July 2024

£13,526,154 from 14 grants

£2,753,603 from 7 contracts

31 July 2023

£21,383,174 from 141 grants

£1,112,081 from 7 contracts

31 July 2022

£18,868,669 from 84 grants

£1,376,464 from 8 contracts

31 July 2021

£17,457,167 from 48 grants

£1,226,967 from 5 contracts

Funder

Type

Jul 2025

Jul 2024

Jul 2023

Medr

Other public body

£10,760,000

Turing Scheme

Trust, company or other

£35,000

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

Other public body

£8,162,000

£6,515,000

UK Research and Innovation

UK Government

£826,000

Awarded

Grant

Amount

30 Jan 2025

The National Lottery Community FundEmpowering Movement at Any Age through Movement Inspired by Martial Arts

£19,997

28 Jun 2023

NestaAC01579

£80,000

1 Apr 2018

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyALB - UKRI - Cardff Metropolitan University and J G Hale Construction Limited

£160,302

1 Apr 2018

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyALB - UKRI - Cardiff Metropolitan University and Yard Associates Ltd

£95,548

1 Mar 2016

NestaAC00538

£2,000

26 Oct 2014

The National Lottery Community Fund20Twenty Leadership Programme

£3,000

7 Mar 2013

The National Lottery Community Fund20Twenty Leadership for Social Enterprises Programme (L4SE)

£5,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 July 2025

31 May 2026

Received 19 May 2026, 12 days early

Received 19 May 2026

31 July 2024

31 May 2025

Received 29 May 2025, 2 days early

Received 29 May 2025

31 July 2023

31 May 2024

Received 20 May 2024, 11 days early

Received 20 May 2024

31 July 2022

31 May 2023

Received 26 April 2023, 35 days early

Received 26 April 2023

31 July 2021

31 May 2022

Received 14 April 2022, 47 days early

Received 6 June 2022