Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CAMBRIDGE CURIOSITY AND IMAGINATION

Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination works to develop communities through creative projects and training. It aims to foster the curiosity and imagination of young and old, working to develop the innate creativity of every individual
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/07/23£99£123£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£112£96£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£103£107£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£107£74£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£35£41£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£64£69£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£86£117£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£107£72£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£47£69£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£59£71£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£79£45£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£57£68£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11£62£53£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10£102£107£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09*£142£125£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.cambridgecandi.org.uk

jo@cambridgecandi.org.uk

07803926377

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Thurrock,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Amplifying Artscapers
£14,577 10/03/2023
11
to deliver arts-in-nature nurture groups, bringing artists, therapists and school pastoral and inclusion teams together in primary and secondary schools in areas of disadvantage to benefit children and young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Sharing stories - connecting communities across 38 outpatients clinics
£9,845 06/09/2017
12
The project will work with a local hospital to gather positive stories and experiences from staff, patients and visitors. This will encourage participants to share moments of happiness and a public display will showcase the project in order to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-54
  • FIONA LOUISE BRICE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Funding Officer
  • MICHAEL THOMAS CORLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Bridge At Norfolk & Norwich Festival
  • OWEN JOHN GARLING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Transformation Manager
  • RICHARD AIDAN MCLEAN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Strategy & Performance
  • ZOE GILBERTSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Designer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2008, number: 1126253
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/07/2007, number: 06301716
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR09: 23 days late,
Main office

CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION
Clifton Way
Cambridge
CB1 7GX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF CREATIVE ACTIVITIES.TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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