The Cambridge Friendship Trust

Analysis

The Cambridge Friendship Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Cambridge Friendship Trust reported income of £87k and spending of £86k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8,133 to £87k (+967%), an average of +81% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 363%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Cambridge Friendship Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God - Living Assembly Gateshead (£87k), Ukraine Appeal (£87k) and The Swansea Centre for Deaf People (£87k).