Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum

Analysis

Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04175678). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum reported income of £247k and spending of £261k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £184k to £247k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rainbow Trust Africa (£247k), Wellesbourne Sports and Community Centre (£247k) and Shree Sanatan Seva Samaj (£247k).