Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS LIMITED 

Providing accommodation and support to single, homeless, men and women in Cambridge.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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
Established: 53 years

www.cambridgecyrenians.org.uk

office@cambridgecyrenians.org.uk

01223712501

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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*£1,356£1,396£-40£18£658£5935.1249
31/03/22£1,227£1,244£-18£31£698£6025.82211
31/03/21£1,335£1,180£155£38£716£6036.12010
31/03/20£1,177£1,109£68£9£561£5375.82112
31/03/19£1,074£1,066£8£8£493£4595.21817
31/03/18£876£818£58£3£485£4476.6160
31/03/17£783£741£42£14£428£4056.6140
31/03/16£748£703£45£5£386£3516130
31/03/15£684£690£-5£36£341£3165.5120
31/03/14£808£797£11£6£346£3274.9130
31/03/13£824£747£77£4£335£3024.9140
31/03/12£686£636£50£4£258£2364.5150
31/03/11£789£784£5£4£208£1852.8190
31/03/10£775£735£40£5£203£1422.3170
31/03/09£653£667£-14£4£163£1342.4170
31/03/08£642£626£15£2£177£1492.9170
31/03/07£535£551£-17£2£162£1453.2140
31/03/06£455£458£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£550£560£-10£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
  • 9 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£291,031
Henry Smith Charity£133,700
The Clothworkers Foundation£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cambridge Cyrenians
£133,700 22/09/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project that supports people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Brighter Futures
£281,381 04/11/2021
The funding will be used to fund a programme of mental health support for homeless people living in Cambridge Cyrenians’ accommodation. The service provides long-term support to Cyrenian’s ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Cyrenians Limited
£20,000 19/10/2021
purchase vehicle for a charity supporting people experiencing or vulnerable to homelessness in Cambridge
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 24/09/2021
Older Homeless Service
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 11/09/2020
Older Homeless Service
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Cyrenians
£3,000 14/04/2020
5
to supply essential grocery drop-offs to 60 homeless people who are self-isolating in temporary accommodation provided by the Cyrenians.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cambridge Cyrenians Community Focus
£9,650 27/06/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to run community consultations and an audit to help shape the future of the service, helping more people who are homeless gain access to support.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cambridge Cyrenians
£8,771 29/11/2017
We want to provide basic furniture for every homeless man or woman who moves from our hostels to a new home of their own.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cambridge Cyrenians
£30,000 16/03/2017
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the salary and associated costs of a project worker for older people at a homelessness charity in Cambridge
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cambridge Cyrenians
£45,000 09/03/2017
36
towards three years' salary of the Older Homeless Project Coordinator at an project providing support to older homeless people in Cambridge
National Lottery Community Fund - Alternative Futures
£152,681 22/02/2017
48
This group provide support and accommodation to homeless men and women. Its aim is to focus on ex-offenders living with isolation, complex needs and behavioural issues, and will address the lack of ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Cyrenians
£62,030 06/05/2015
36
providing accommodation and key worker support for homeless people and expanding support for service users to work towards and secure employment and volunteering opportunities whilst also building ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cambridge Cyrenians
£45,000 20/12/2013
36
over three years towards the salary and asssociated costs of project worker to work with older people at a homelessness charity
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-74
  • JOHN DAFFARN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Engineer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/02/1971, number: 261994
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/10/1970, number: 00992199
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR23: 5 days late,
Main office

3 Signet Court
Swann Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB5 8LA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND OLD AGE IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS) FOR THE RELIEF OF HOMELESS PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AND REQUIRE ASSISTANCE IN ACHIEVING A MORE SETTLED WAY OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE CAMBRIDGE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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