Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

JIMMY'S CAMBRIDGE 

The charity's objects are to relieve poverty amongst persons in the City of Cambridge who are homeless or sleeping rough
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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

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£2,232£2,312£-80£17£2,420£1,73494780
31/03/22£2,324£1,889£435£20£2,499£1,75811.24280
31/03/21£2,455£1,588£868£19£2,064£1,56811.94250
31/03/20£1,799£1,744£56£0£1,197£1,1978.250200
31/03/19£1,649£1,683£-34£0£1,141£1,1418.152200
31/03/18*£1,558£1,411£147£0£1,175£1,1699.9320
31/03/17£1,415£1,307£108£0£1,028£9909.1300
31/03/16£1,312£1,227£85£0£920£8528.3280
31/03/15£1,273£1,172£101£2£835£7878.1270
31/03/14?£1,519£1,339£181£2£734£6796.1270
31/10/12£1,024£818£206£3£554£4636.8240
31/10/11£654£633£21£3£347£3476.6200
31/10/10£583£559£24£3£326£3267160
31/10/09£532£496£36£3£302£3027.3160
31/10/08£510£452£58£4£266£2667.1160
31/10/07£415£443£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06£430£434£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£411£405£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£434£368£66£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 28 years

jimmyscambridge.org.uk

info@jimmyscambridge.org.uk

01223576085

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 47 employees
  • 80 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£22,232
The Clothworkers Foundation£15,000
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Jimmy’s Cambridge
£15,000 26/10/2020
purchase a vehicle for a charity supporting homeless or sleeping rough in Cambridge
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,232 09/10/2020
"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 ....more
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Jimmy's Cambridge (Night Shelter)
£5,000 03/06/2020
4
to pay for a % staff costs for for dealing with increased work load as a direct result of the crisis and the ongoing need to keep people safe and off the streets (30 beneficiaries)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-66
  • ALOK RUSTAGI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Vice President - Data & Analytics, Exl Service Uk
  • VICKI WILES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Consultant Nurse
  • JIM SMITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Programme Director For Gates Cambridge
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/10/1996, number: 1058737
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/10/1996, number: 03259904
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
19 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SUNDAY SUPPERS CIO on 16/08/2022
Main office

ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
EAST ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB1 1BD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR VULNERABLY HOUSED

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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