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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
The Cambridgeshire Community Foundation awards grants to local charitable causes. Individuals, families, local companies and public bodies make this possible by supporting charitable funds held by CCF.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£4,028£3,679£349£368£15,306£6162826
31/03/22£8,093£3,162£4,931£60£15,159£5882.2722
31/03/21£5,173£4,202£971£36£10,228£4931.4718
31/03/20£2,774£2,847£-73£44£7,800£3561.5624
31/03/19£2,992£3,143£-151£30£8,451£2791.1730
31/03/18£3,381£1,876£1,504£94£8,508£308270
31/03/17£2,011£2,013£-2£83£6,890£3472.170
31/03/16£2,024£1,775£249£63£6,086£3462.350
31/03/15£2,546£1,279£1,268£65£6,125£2812.640
31/03/14£1,658£2,077£-419£80£4,574£2541.540
31/03/13*£1,754£1,458£296£56£3,552£1561.330
31/03/12*£1,520£1,024£496£71£2,976£490.630
31/03/11*£2,047£1,196£852£73£2,511£710.730
31/03/10*£1,939£1,117£822£57£1,579£410.430
31/03/09*£1,303£782£521£48£693£190.330
31/03/08*£878£787£91£44£172£90.130
31/03/07*£638£629£9£46£81£240.520
31/03/06*£195£133£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£72£62£10£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 20 years

www.cambscf.org.uk

finance@cambscf.org.uk

01223410535

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Peterborough City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 26 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-79
  • STEPHEN CATLING Appointed: 2020 Occupation: Managing Director, SJ Catling Ltd
Stephen joined the Board of Trustees in 2017 and became Chair in 2018. He was initially involved with FoodCycle through providing a pro-bono mentoring programme in 2015 at their head office. He studied Food Science and Chemistry at University and has subsequently been nearly 30 years in the food and food ingredients industry. He currently has his....more
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/04/2004, number: 1103314
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/12/2003, number: 04998990
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR13: 162 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 31 days late, AR10: 176 days late, AR09: 546 days late, AR08: 157 days late, AR07: 523 days late, AR06: 22 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HARRY CURETON CHARITABLE TRUST on 04/03/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE COUNTY REMEMBRANCE FUND on 05/05/2022
Main office

Cambridgeshire Community Fundation
Hangar One
The Airport
Newmarket Road
Cambridge
CB5 8TG

Objectives

1. THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS;2. OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTORS BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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