The Virgin Money Foundation
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training | £4,500 | 64% | 7 |
| General charitable purposes | £4,000 | 57% | 10 |
| Amateur sport | £500 | 7% | 4 |
| Recreation | £500 | 7% | 4 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | 5 | ||
| Disability | 4 | ||
| Economic and community development, and employment | 4 | ||
| Health and saving lives | 3 | ||
| Preventing or relieving poverty | 3 | ||
| Environment, conservation and heritage | 3 | ||
| Human rights, equality and diversity | 3 | ||
| Other charitable purposes | 3 | ||
| Accommodation and housing | 1 | ||
| Religious activities | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2025 | £2,000 |
| 2024 | £4,000 |
| 2023 | £1,000 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 13
- Grants on 360Giving
- 15
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £500
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £2,000
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 2 of 13
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff10
- Flintshire2
- Caerphilly1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £500,000 to £1 million4
- £100,000 to £500,0004
- Under £10,0002
- £10,000 to £100,0002
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
Promoting the sustainable regeneration of socially or economically deprived communities in the UK, including by providing social investment in community housing and building projects, promoting opportunities for youth work, education, training and enterprise especially in such projects, relieving unemployment and the promotion of other community based projects.
- Status
- Registered on 15 April 2015
- Income in its latest year
- £3,269,600, year ending 31 March 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- Yes
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cymdeithas Rieni a Staff Plasmawr | £2,000 | 360Giving | 2025 |
| St. John the Baptist V.P. School Home School Association | £2,000 | 360Giving | 2024 |
| Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau PTFA | £2,500 | 360Giving | 2023, 2024 |
| Saltney Gymnastics Club | £500 | 360Giving | 2023 |
| Two Rhythms | Not recorded | 2020 | |
| The Fan Charity | Not recorded | 2020 | |
| Boomerang Cardiff | Not recorded | 2019, 2020 | |
| Grange Pavilion | Not recorded | 2019 | |
| Women Connect First | Not recorded | 2019 | |
| Cathays and Central Youth and Community Project |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.