Support Cambridgeshire

Analysis

Support Cambridgeshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huntingdon. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05795877). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Support Cambridgeshire reported income of £587k and spending of £639k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £394k to £587k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Support Cambridgeshire sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The a Team Foundation Limited (£587k), Bramley Elderly Action (£589k) and The Barker-Mill Foundation (£585k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £12k. Reserves of £197k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.