The Charities Aid 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General charitable purposes | £1,081,258 | 73% | 8 |
| Education and training | £845,694 | 57% | 5 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £845,694 | 57% | 5 |
| Human rights, equality and diversity | £621,200 | 42% | 3 |
| Recreation | £616,046 | 42% | 3 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £546,918 | 37% | 3 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £358,175 | 24% | 4 |
| Other charitable purposes | £324,486 | 22% | 3 |
| Health and saving lives | £258,208 | 18% | 3 |
| Disability | £170,027 | 12% | 2 |
| Religious activities | £131,681 | 9% | 1 |
| Amateur sport | £131,681 | 9% | 1 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £131,681 | 9% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2025 | £413,773 |
| 2024 | £45,206 |
| 2023 | £105,893 |
| 2021 | £910,000 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 11
- Grants on 360Giving
- 8
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £129,104
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £252,964
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 3 of 11
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff6
- Swansea2
- Ceredigion1
- Newport1
- Merthyr Tydfil1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £100,000 to £500,0004
- £1 million to £5 million3
- £500,000 to £1 million2
- Over £5 million1
- £10,000 to £100,0001
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
The Charities Aid Foundation exists to accelerate progress in society towards a fair and sustainable future for all. We work at the centre of the giving world, to drive greater and more impactful giving through tailored, innovative and strategic services for individual and corporate donors, and to help social purpose organisations to build their resilience and do more of their life-changing work
- Status
- Registered on 1 January 1974
- Income in its latest year
- £1,390,589,000, year ending 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remap 2010 | £43,500 | 360Giving | 2025 |
| Wales Council for Voluntary Action | £426,619 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Asylum Justice | £30,532 | Charity's accounts | 2024, 2025 |
| Merthyr Cynon Foodbank | £2,000 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely) | £62,221 | Charity's accounts | 2023 |
| Swansea YMCA | £252,964 | 360Giving | 2021, 2023 |
| Ethnic Youth Support Team | £236,555 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Welsh Refugee Council | £162,273 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Women Connect First | £131,681 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Mind Aberystwyth | £126,527 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| Action for Elders Trust | Not recorded | 2020 |
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.