Student Community Action - Volunteers in Cambridge (Cambridge Sca)

Analysis

Student Community Action - Volunteers in Cambridge (Cambridge Sca) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Student Community Action - Volunteers in Cambridge (Cambridge Sca) reported income of £40k and spending of £57k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £72k to £40k (-44%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Student Community Action - Volunteers in Cambridge (Cambridge Sca) 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 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harmony (Melksham) Limited (£40k), Gospel Oak School Association (£40k) and St Mary's Church of England Primary School (£40k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.