United Charities of Cambridge

Analysis

United Charities of Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, United Charities of Cambridge reported income of £387k and spending of £330k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £171k to £387k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, United Charities of Cambridge sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 'just Love' (£387k), Necessary Furniture (£388k) and Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple - South East London (£387k).