Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

CAMBRIDGE ETHNIC COMMUNITY FORUM

Umbrella group for all black and minority ethnic groups in and around Cambridge.Aims: Promote racial harmony and equal opportunity; work with local and national agencies for BME groups; support victims of racial discrimination.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£213£233£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£194£184£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£184£147£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£103£101£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£97£95£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£67£92£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£108£102£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£102£102£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£111£103£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£136£136£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£114£120£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£128£128£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£129£145£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£141£122£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£53£45£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£43£67£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£185£176£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£186£220£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£251£267£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£283£245£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

www.cecf.co.uk

CecfEnquiries@Cecf.Co.UK

01223655241

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£431,774
Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£59,746
DCMS£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - CECF Healthier Futures - Circles of Change - Project
£52,746 13/12/2023
to recruit a team of community volunteer health ambassadors (30 over 18 months) to address long term health inequalities for 850 Black and Minoritised Ethnic (BME) people, including migrant and refugee communities, through grassroots community ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CECF Vision Horizon
£431,774 01/02/2023
The funding will be used to meet the rising demands of support within the BME sector in Cambridge. The project aims to improve community togetherness in a environment which suffers from discrimination.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£10,000 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£15,000 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum
£7,000 11/06/2020
6
to run the CECF Emergency Food Provision for all Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) residents, recent migrants and refugees in Cambridge. They have supplied emergency food provision to the value of £4,000 and require funding to give dedicated ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Cambridge Refugee Action For Change - Restoring Hope
£10,000 26/10/2016
12
This project will use funding to develop an advice and referral system for local asylum seekers and refugees. This will provide support, access to services, help with mental health issues and employment advice.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum
£30,000 29/04/2014
The charity provides both umbrella and direct support to a range of mainly BME communities in Cambridgeshire. The CHESS project provides advocacy, advice and representation improving the lives of disadvantaged people in the Fenlands.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-76
  • ASADUZ ZAMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Self Employed
  • BIBE SHAHNAZ MALIK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Housewife
  • CECIL FARAYI CHIPENDO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: None Stated
  • DR CAROL JACQUELINE LEONARDI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: None Stated
  • DR HSIN-LING LIANG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Researcher
  • PENINNAH SERRANO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Artist/Writer
  • QAMAR RAFIQUE NIZAM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • YAN WANG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Housewife
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/04/2001, number: 1086241
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2001, number: 04175678
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 6 days late, AR20: 19 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR07: 16 days late, AR06: 7 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

16-18
ARBURY COURT
CAMBRIDGE
CB4 2JQ

Objectives

(1) TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (2) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREA (3) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS (4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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