Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

CAMBRIDGE AID

Assess the need and give appropriate support in individual cases of social distress or financial difficulty.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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	£178	£190	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£129	£146	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£171	£141	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£146	£92	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£134	£106	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£105	£92	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£82	£75	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£51	£62	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£78	£67	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	£52	£53	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13	£55	£54	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	£45	£38	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11	£48	£37	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10	£34	£41	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09	£45	£40	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08	£38	£35	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07	£34	£28	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06	£19	£19	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£23	£18	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£15	£16	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 62 years

www.cambridgeaid.org

secretary@cambridgeaid.org

01763260304

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals

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
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Aid
£3,000	14/12/2023	Grant to Cambridge Aid
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Aid
£7,961	06/03/2023	towards supporting people with the cost of living
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Aid
£5,000	01/07/2020 2	to provide up to 33 emergency grants of up to £150 for people in financial need for gas and electricity, replacement electronic appliances or support for victims of domestic abuse. This is a continuation of their previous CCCF grant, which has all ....more to provide up to 33 emergency grants of up to £150 for people in financial need for gas and electricity, replacement electronic appliances or support for victims of domestic abuse. This is a continuation of their previous CCCF grant, which has all been awarded and demand remains.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	01/07/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Aid
£5,000	20/04/2020 1	to provide at least 33 grants of up to £150 for people in financial need for gas and electricity, replacement electronic appliances or support for victims of domestic abuse
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cambridge Central Aid Society
£6,081	15/11/2019	We provide emergency grants to less visible vulnerable people, like homeless men, people with mental health issues and struggling families.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR ANNA STEVENSON Appointed: 2021

JOEL LIMMER (Chair) Appointed: 2016

KAREN SHEILA GOWER ISAAC Appointed: 2023

KEN SMITH Appointed: 2022

LAUREN JANE ALLIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: None

MARIA ESTHER LAMB Appointed: 2024

PAUL ALASTAIR RAY Appointed: 2006

RACHEL JANE WINTER Appointed: 2018

RACHEL KAY NORRIDGE Appointed: 2021

SUSAN ANNE GILBEY Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/08/1962, number: 204327

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF FULBOURN HOSPITAL AND THE COMMUNITY on 15/07/2024

Main office

66 DEVONSHIRE ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB1 2BL

Objectives

THE MAIN OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE BY SUCH MEANS AS - A) CONDUCTING ENQUIRIES AND STUDIES THAT WILL LEAD TO SOCIA IMPROVEMENT. B) SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE WORK. C) TRAINING SUTIABLE PERSONS FOR CHARITABLE AND SOCIAL WORK.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGE

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