Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and 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
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/22	£129	£146	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/12/21	£171	£141	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/20	£146	£92	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/19	£134	£106	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/12/18	£105	£92	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	3
31/12/17	£82	£75	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£51	£62	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£78	£67	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£52	£53	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£55	£54	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£45	£38	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£48	£37	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£34	£41	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£45	£40	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£38	£35	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£34	£28	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£19	£19	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£23	£18	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£15	£16	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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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

Poverty relief

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	£13,000
Co-Operative Group	£6,081
DCMS	£5,000

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
£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 ....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 ....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 (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/12 persons

CAITRIONA BEARRYMAN Appointed: 2018

WAN CHIANG Appointed: 2021

DR ANNA STEVENSON Appointed: 2021

JOEL LIMMER (Chair) Appointed: 2016

KAREN SHEILA GOWER ISAAC Appointed: 2023

KEN SMITH Appointed: 2022

RACHEL JANE WINTER Appointed: 2018

SHELLEY GREGORY-JONES Appointed: 2016

SUSAN ANNE GILBEY Appointed: 2020

LAUREN JANE ALLIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: None

PAUL ALASTAIR RAY Appointed: 2006, Other trusteeship: CAMROWERS,

RACHEL KAY NORRIDGE Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: LITTLE BUNDLES,

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
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

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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