CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1128443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARDIFF CITY FC FOUNDATION
The charity's objectives are for the benefit of the public generally and, in particular, the inhabitants of Cardiff and its surrounding areas. The activities promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £9,209 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, total reserves carried forward were £994,604, with unrestricted reserves of £952,781, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to six months of total expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months total expenditure (held: £953k)
“The trustees consider that given the nature of the charity's work, the charity should hold free reserves equivalent to between three to six months total expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Purchases from Cardiff City Football Club (V K Choo is CEO, S Borley is Director) and sales to them.
“Cardiff City Football Club of which V K Choo is Chief Executive & S Borley is a Director purchases of £6,974 and sales of £549. At the year end there was an outstanding creditor balance of £100. There were total donations of £200,000 during the year, £20,000 of which was still due at the year end;” — page 29
“House of Sport of which V K Choo & S Borley are Directors - purchases of £89,169. At the year end there was an outstanding creditor balance of £1,391.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Purchases from House of Sport (V K Choo & S Borley are Directors).
“Cardiff City Football Club of which V K Choo is Chief Executive & S Borley is a Director purchases of £6,974 and sales of £549. At the year end there was an outstanding creditor balance of £100. There were total donations of £200,000 during the year, £20,000 of which was still due at the year end;” — page 29
“House of Sport of which V K Choo & S Borley are Directors - purchases of £89,169. At the year end there was an outstanding creditor balance of £1,391.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Purchases from Lucy Mebarki (wife of Samir Mebarki, Head of Finance and Resources).
“Cardiff City Football Club of which V K Choo is Chief Executive & S Borley is a Director purchases of £6,974 and sales of £549. At the year end there was an outstanding creditor balance of £100. There were total donations of £200,000 during the year, £20,000 of which was still due at the year end;” — page 29
“House of Sport of which V K Choo & S Borley are Directors - purchases of £89,169. At the year end there was an outstanding creditor balance of £1,391.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cardiff City FC Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Zac Lyndon-Jones — Interim Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew Paul Diplockchair
- Ali Abdi · trustee of 1 other charity
- Catrin Sian Stark
- Hywel John Dafydd
- James Henry Askey · trustee of 1 other charity
- Katie Dalton
- Luke Takeuchi
- Paul Wilkins
- ROSS ALEXANDER MCDIARMID
- STEVEN BORLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
- Veh Ken Choo
- Victoria Anne Whittingham
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £9,209 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, total reserves carried forward were £994,604, with unrestricted reserves of £952,781, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to six months of total expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.
Who funds CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE PERSIMMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE OAKDALE TRUST.
Known funders
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