THE EDMUND TRUST

Registered charity 1030968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE MENCAP, CAMBRIDGESHIRE MENCAP SOCIETY, EDMUND HOUSE GROUP OF HOMES, THE SWALLOWS TEA ROOM

THE PRINCIPAL AIM OF THE CHARITY IS TO IMPROVE, SUPPORT AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, WHO LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF SERVICE USERS (AS DEFINED BELOW), IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS.2. THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE HOUSING, EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF BEING SERVICE USERS, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE."SERVICE USERS" MEANS PEOPLE WITH EITHER A LEARNING DISABILITY, OR A LEARNING DISABILITY AND A PHYSICAL DISABILITY."LEARNING DISABILITY" MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MIND AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGE AND IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of:

ST IVES AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY (charity 208892) — merger registered 01/12/2008
PETERBOROUGH MENCAP (charity 213097) — merger registered 04/11/2008
FENLAND MENCAP (charity 243016) — merger registered 03/11/2008

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£11.1m

Latest spending

£10.7m

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus with total income of £11.1 million and total expenditure of £10.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are negative £41,499, as the majority of unrestricted funds are tied up in tangible fixed assets, though total unrestricted funds stand at £4.2 million. The trustees expect to repair reserves in the coming year as the new building becomes fully operational.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one and three months operating costs (£534k - £1,603k) (reserves figure: −£41k)

“between one and three months operating costs (£534k - £1,603k) will be the level that we operate at.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Peters Elworthy & Moore. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £10,984,439 — contracts £10,984,439 (8); 99% of the £11,139,969 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 23
Government income: £9,533,969 — contracts £9,533,969 (7); 99% of the £9,600,495 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 67
Government income: £7,984,912 — contracts £7,984,912 (7); 95% of the £8,406,272 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Respite site opened in Milton by The Edmund Trust cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 28/11/2024

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02872186

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Edmund Trust (Eddie's) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Naomi Tomkys OBE — Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

SANTOCCHINI, Marianna — director, appointed 18/10/2023on trustee list
KRON, Ellen Elisabeth — director, appointed 29/04/2020on trustee list
MASON, Howard — director, appointed 29/04/2020on trustee list
TOMKYS, Naomi Rachel, Obe — director, appointed 29/04/2020not on trustee list
BRAGG, John Raymond — director, appointed 29/01/2020on trustee list
MANNERS, Claire Jane — secretary, appointed 03/04/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Edmund Trust — Registered, 10 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 23/03/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£11.1m

Total spending

£10.7m

Reserves (reported)

£4.2m

Employees

311

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Pauline Burnet House: Good (06/03/2019) · CQC record
Rosewood: Good (13/07/2018) · CQC record
1 High Street: Good (30/07/2019) · CQC record
Edmund House: Good (02/04/2020) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Naomi Tomkys OBEchair
Elisabeth Kron
Howard Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
John Raymond Bragg
Marianna Santocchini
Nicholas Tiley

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£11.1m	£10.7m
31/03/2024	£9.6m	£9.6m
31/03/2023	£8.4m	£8.1m
31/03/2022	£6.8m	£6.4m
31/03/2021	£6.1m	£5.9m

Common questions

Is THE EDMUND TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus with total income of £11.1 million and total expenditure of £10.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are negative £41,499, as the majority of unrestricted funds are tied up in tangible fixed assets, though total unrestricted funds stand at £4.2 million. The trustees expect to repair reserves in the coming year as the new building becomes fully operational. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Peters Elworthy & Moore.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE EDMUND TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds THE EDMUND TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE EDMUND TRUST as a grant recipient include WRIGHT'S CLOCK LAND CIO.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WRIGHT'S CLOCK LAND CIO	FY2025	£305k	Interim capacity staff provision

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/06/2009	£91k	The Befriending Scheme (Befrienders)
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/11/2005	£131k	Develop catering training course and a new befriender service
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/08/2004	£5k	"To Assist People With Learning Disabilities From Local Mencap Societies And Gateway Clubs In East Anglia To Meet On A Residential Weekend Co"
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/08/2004	£3k	learning disability history

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£182k
UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE	1	£88k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£10k
SAMJO LIMITED	1	£5k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE LESS, CAMBRIDGE	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDINBURGH TRUST NO2 ACCOUNT.

EDINBURGH TRUST NO2 ACCOUNT income £90k
EDAID FOUNDATION income £120k
EMDEE CHARITABLE TRUST income £198k
ED DE NUNZIO CHARITABLE TRUST income £118k
EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST income £367k
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £589k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EDMUND TRUST	£11.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EDINBURGH TRUST NO2 ACCOUNT FY2025	£90k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EDAID FOUNDATION FY2025	£120k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EMDEE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£198k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ED DE NUNZIO CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST FY2024	£367k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.