Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

SPECTRUM CAMBRIDGE

Spectrum Cambridge is a multi award winning, parent led children's charity. We provide events, sessions, and support for families of children with Autism, additional needs, learning difficulties, and disabilities. As an organisation, we are family focused, advocates of collaboration, passionate about increasing inclusion and well being, while reducing isolation in our work with SEND.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/05/23£172£177£-5n/a
31/05/22£88£107£-19n/a
31/05/21£193£152£41n/a
31/05/20£65£59£6n/a
31/05/19£47£35£12n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

https://spectrum.org.uk

hello@spectrum.org.uk

01223 955404

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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£471,148
DCMS£73,627
Suffolk Community Foundation£12,968
Sussex Community Foundation£5,047
The Fore£5,000
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£4,887
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Spectrum Continuity of Support
£441,148 16/02/2023
The funding will be used to fund four salaries of the existing team operational overheads & to continue to provide & improve continuity of support to families of children with Autism additional needs and disabilities across Cambridgeshire ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Spectrum Play
£10,000 20/05/2022
The funding will be used to pay towards staffing costs. The project will allow families of children with Autism additional needs and disabilities to come together in a supportive environment for dedicated sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Spectrum Inclusion
£10,000 29/04/2021
The funding will be used to recruit an inclusion officer who will support families with children living with autism and disabilities and introduce them to the groups services and other options available. The project aims to building stronger ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Spectrum Cambridge
£1,500 28/04/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Spectrum
£5,047 21/09/2020
Spectrum Cambridge is a parent led children's charity, providing events, sessions, and support for families of children with Autism, additional needs, learning difficulties, and disabilities. Funding will support their range of digitally enabled ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£73,627 04/09/2020
"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
Suffolk Community Foundation - Spectrum Family Worker
£3,000 10/07/2020
6
Supporting the new Spectrum Family Support Worker role.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Spectrum Cambridge
£5,000 12/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Spectrum Cambridge, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Spectrum Core Costs
£4,968 05/06/2020
2
To support core running costs for Spectrum, working with families of children with autism, special educational needs, life-limiting conditions and disabilities in Suffolk. Covid19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Spectrum Volunteer Expansion
£5,000 05/06/2020
11
To support expansion of delivery at Spectrum, working with families of children with autism, special educational needs, life-limiting conditions and disabilities in Suffolk. Covid19
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Spectrum Cambridge
£4,887 03/06/2020
6
to meet the increased demand for services and support of families of children with Autism, additional needs and disabilities (2,410 beneficiaries) due to the impacts of coronavirus through the hiring of a volunteer lead and bringing on 10 new ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Spectrum Visualisation (inc. COVID-19)
£10,000 09/04/2020
12
The project will use funding to deliver a series of Covid-19 responsive activities for families of children with autism additional needs and disabilities. These will use visual media education (photography video and online) to cater for a variety of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Spectrum - Supporting More
£10,000 14/03/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to help expand the services by providing a paid staff member to help facilitate more work for supporting families of children with autism, additional needs and learning difficulties.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DAVID HERON Appointed: 2018
  • DAVID WALTER HUGH KNOWLES Appointed: 2018
  • DR MALINI MITAL Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/08/2018, number: 1179618
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
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Spectrum
115C Milton Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB4 1XE

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AND THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH AUTISM, ADDITIONAL NEEDS, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, LIFE LIMITING CONDITIONS AND DISABILITIES INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITY, IN PARTICULAR BIT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ALONGSIDE SUPPORT TO ASSIST THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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