Care & Repair Cardiff and the Vale
What it does
Supporting older people to repair, adapt and maintain their homes.
Its charitable purposes
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE IN CARDIFF AND THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ADVICE AND SUPPORT
Causes
- What it works on
- Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps
- Older people
- How it works
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Cardiff
- Vale of Glamorgan
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £3,834,082 and spent £3,759,285.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3,834,082 | £3,759,285 | 45 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,816,760 | £3,764,788 | 41 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £3,588,097 | £3,475,304 | 38 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,456,315 | £2,283,291 | 35 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,181,721 | £2,019,631 | 37 | 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 76%, from £2,181,721 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £3,834,082 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 98% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 88% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025 came from government grants and contracts (£3,384,732).
- Largest funder
- Welsh Government gave £905,183 in the year to 31 March 2025, 24% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £1,919,806 from 10 grants. Government contracts: £1,464,926 from 1 contract.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,919,806 from 10 grants | £1,464,926 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,822,663 from 8 grants | £1,414,659 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,590,269 from 12 grants | £1,283,411 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,428,702 from 13 grants | £708,273 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,398,083 from 12 grants | £634,331 from 1 contract |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025
- Donations and legacies£14,898
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£3,781,006
- Investments
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 9 funders who gave £1,908,540 between them. £905,183 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.
| Funder | Type | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Government | Welsh Government | £905,183 | £825,161 | £750,407 |
| Enable Grants | Trust, company or other | £449,054 | £530,824 | £335,912 |
| Housing with Care Fund Grant | Trust, company or other | £250,000 | £250,000 | £275,000 |
| National Grid Electricity Distribution | Trust, company or other | £160,890 | £155,000 | £125,000 |
| Cardiff 50 Day ICWC | Trust, company or other |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £5,000, awarded in 2021.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2021 | Community Foundation in Wales | £5,000 |
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 146 payments to this charity worth £1,482,334 between 6 October 2021 and 29 September 2026.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | £1,482,334 | 146 | 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 |
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Chander Chadha
- Debra Anne Rosser
- Dr Steffan Evans
- Jay Sears
- Michael Cuddy
- Robert Neil Williams
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 19 December 2025, 43 days early | Received 19 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 6 November 2024, 86 days early | Received 6 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 23 November 2023, 69 days early | Received 23 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 21 October 2022, 102 days early | Received 21 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 1 November 2021, 91 days early | Received 1 November 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1162083
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 9 June 2015
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 JAN 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/06/2015
- Company number
- 09437405This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.careandrepair.org.uk/en/your-area/care-repair-cardiff-and-vale
- 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.
- Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.