CARDIFF CENTRAL SPORTS AND RECREATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1143553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARDIFF CENTRAL YOUTH CLUB, CARDIFF CENTRAL YOUTH CLUB LTD

As Cardiff Central Youth purpose is to provide:? facilities for the local community to participate in amateur sports and leisure activities? amateur sport activities in a safe, clean and supervised environment

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CARDIFF AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£447k
Latest spending
£414k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £33,309 for the year ended 29 November 2025, resulting in total unrestricted net assets of £60,703. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £54,175, which is below the stated ideal target of £160,000. The charity remains in dialogue with Cardiff City Council regarding the negotiation of a lease on a peppercorn rent.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £160,000 (held: £54k)
“The Trustees consider the ideal level of free reserves should be £160,000. This is calculated as the amount needed for 3 to 6 months budgeted expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£447k£414k
30/11/2024£406k£420k
30/11/2023£384k£392k
30/11/2022£312k£298k
30/11/2021£247k£243k

Common questions

Is CARDIFF CENTRAL SPORTS AND RECREATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £33,309 for the year ended 29 November 2025, resulting in total unrestricted net assets of £60,703. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £54,175, which is below the stated ideal target of £160,000. The charity remains in dialogue with Cardiff City Council regarding the negotiation of a lease on a peppercorn rent. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.