CAMBRIDGESHIRE ACRE
Registered charity 1074032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Cambridgeshire ACRE is an independent registered charity and company whose members include parish councils, community buildings management committees, statutory agencies, community groups and individuals with an interest in community life.
Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £15,541 on its unrestricted fund for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in its general reserve from £193,459 to £177,918. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves policy targets holding no less than three months' unrestricted gross expenditure, and the current reserve level provides a buffer of four and a half months, which is considered acceptable. The charity remains in a position to meet its liabilities as they fall due, with total net assets increasing to £574,530.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — “Central government
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs” (source page)
- Cambridgeshire County Council — “Local authorities
Cambridgeshire County Council” (source page)
- South Integrated Care Partnership (East Cambs Locality) — “Integrated Care System
South Integrated Care Partnership (East Cambs Locality)” (source page)
- Accent Group Ltd — “Housing associations and registered social landlords
Accent Group Ltd” (source page)
- Cadent Gas Limited’s Centres for Warmth Programme — “Grant makers, trusts and foundations
Cadent Gas Limited’s Centres for Warmth Programme” (source page)
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.
- DONALDSON, Kirstin Louise, Dr — director, appointed 20/05/2026on trustee list
- MITCHELL, John Rodger — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
- HARLOW, Richard John St Clair, The Venerable — director, appointed 09/02/2024on trustee list
- OLNEY, David Ian — director, appointed 06/04/2023on trustee list
- SEVERN, Sarah Elizabeth Rae — director, appointed 09/02/2023not on trustee list
- SELLICK, Jessica Lucy — director, appointed 09/02/2022on trustee list
- GIBBS, David Anthony, Mri — director, appointed 26/09/2017on trustee list
- JORDAN, Terry John — director, appointed 01/08/2011on trustee list
- BROWN, Alison Catherine — secretary, appointed 14/05/2007
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Peterborough City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CAMBRIDGESHIRE ACRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £15,541 on its unrestricted fund for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in its general reserve from £193,459 to £177,918. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves policy targets holding no less than three months' unrestricted gross expenditure, and the current reserve level provides a buffer of four and a half months, which is considered acceptable. The charity remains in a position to meet its liabilities as they fall due, with total net assets increasing to £574,530. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chater Allan LLP.
Government & lottery funding
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Side by side with its peers
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