Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

STUDENT COMMUNITY ACTION - VOLUNTEERS IN CAMBRIDGE (CAMBRIDGE SCA)

Recruiting students to volunteer in the local community

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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		£35	£56	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	*	£48	£70	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£72	£57	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£52	£45	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£66	£61	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£85	£75	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£82	£72	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£73	£69	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£69	£66	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£73	£62	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£75	£69	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£64	£56	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£53	£52	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£71	£62	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£63	£62	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£64	£65	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07		£68	£75	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06		£62	£63	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£50	£60	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£71	£59	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 53 years

www.cambridgesca.org.uk

mail@cambridgesca.org.uk

01223 92 6101

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	£2,941
National Lottery Community Fund	£2,226
BBC Children in Need	£1,359

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bounce
£2,226	03/08/2021	The project will provide a Saturday afternoon youth activities club for disadvantaged children aged 5-11 years. The project will be facilitated by volunteers from Cambridge University supervised by staff from Student Community Action as the leading ....more The project will provide a Saturday afternoon youth activities club for disadvantaged children aged 5-11 years. The project will be facilitated by volunteers from Cambridge University supervised by staff from Student Community Action as the leading organisation. The children will be referred by family workers health visitors and schools and they will be children who wouldn't normally be able to access mainstream activities due to financial or physical barriers.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Student Community Action
£1,359	17/06/2020	COVID19 - Grant for befriending support for children and young people affected by Covid-19 in areas of local deprivation. Support will increase confidence, build self-esteem and allow children to have fun.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Student Community Action
£574	03/06/2020	to cover additional expenditure required to deliver the previously funded Anxiety Slayers project connecting student volunteers with 90 vulnerable adults and children
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Student Community Action
£2,367	27/03/2020 6	to support 87 vulnerable people who are in need of reassurance and regular friendly phone calls, letters, shopping drops or arts and crafts
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Student Community Action
£52,675	23/10/2018 36	The project will deliver youth club and befriending activities for children and young people affected by poverty. The project will increase confidence, support children and young people to have fun and raise aspirations.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

ABIGAIL REYNOLDS Appointed: 2023

ALEX DE LUSIGNAN Appointed: 2021

DWIGHT PATTEN Appointed: 2017

FRANCES BALLASTER Appointed: 2022

JING YUAN LEE Appointed: 2022

LUCIA LI Appointed: 2023

MARIA CLARE THERESA HEALY Appointed: 2023

MARIA RAMAZANOVA Appointed: 2022

PAUL TAYLOR

SAI LIANG Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/1972, number: 263361

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 9 days late,

Main office

University Of Cambridge
Student Services Centre
Benet Street
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 3PT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CAMBRIDGE AREA AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGE

Data Sources

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