Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

CAMBOURNE CRESCENT

Fulfilling the social and spiritual needs of families living in Cambourne and the surrounding areas;Liaising with Parish and District Council for a community centre building open to all communities and groups;Islamic and Arabic Language School;Participating and promoting all local charitable causes
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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
31/12/23£185£45£140n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£69£19£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£54£19£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£32£24£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£24£15£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£25£25£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.cambournecrescent.org

info@cambournecrescent.org

07944805827

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cambourne Volunteering Task Force
£1,249 21/10/2023
People are struggling with the cost of living crisis but no one should have to go hungry. We'd like to offer hot meals for families and children in need in Cambourne.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cambourne's Volunteer Task Force
£1,260 23/10/2021
We would like to continue to provide support for those at risk of hardship during the Covid-19 pandemic. This includes food parcels, collecting prescriptions and providing companionship.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambourne Crescent
£14,000 01/04/2020
5
to enable Cambourne's Volunteer Task Force to support older, isolated people by providing food parcels and other essential items

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

  • AFTAB AHMED Appointed: 2011
  • ABDELLATIF SALAH Appointed: 2017
  • ARSHAD SIDDIQUI Appointed: 2017
  • HINAR MOSTAFA Appointed: 2022
  • JAKIR CHOWDHURY Appointed: 2022
  • LOBNA RIHAWI Appointed: 2017
  • MUHAIYUDDIN RAZA AMODE Appointed: 2022
  • NISHAT AKHTER Appointed: 2017
  • SABANA PARVIN RAHIM Appointed: 2019
  • SOBIA ZAMAN Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2017, number: 1174750
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 145 days late,
Main office

30 WOODFIELD LANE
LOWER CAMBOURNE
CAMBRIDGE
CB23 6FB

Objectives

A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF ISLAM AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;B)TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CAMBOURNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS;C)EACH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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