Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Analysis

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04998990). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cambridgeshire Community Foundation reported income of £4.3m and spending of £4.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.2m to £4.3m (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cambridgeshire Community Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Julian Support Limited (£4.3m), Natural Breaks Limited (£4.3m) and British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association (Blesma) (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.7m. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.