CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE )

Registered charity 1076291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activities of the charity are:- to advance the Christian faith- to relieve the disadvantaged (needy, in hardship, aged, sick, homeless, unsatisfactorily housed)- to advance education in accordance with Christian principles- to promote and fulfil other charitable work beneficial to the community

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£657k

Latest spending

£618k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £39,433 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £874,206. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months’ average unrestricted expenses (held: £412k)

“The company’s policy is to hold a reserve of a minimum of two months’ average unrestricted expenses.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£657k

Total spending

£618k

Cost of raising funds

£232

Reserves (reported)

£868k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~16.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW SHARPE
Dorothy Abigail Winful
Dr Gbenga Rahman Kazeem
Dr KATHRYN ELIZABETH THOMAS
JOHN HALL
James Stuart Douglas
MATTHEW DAVID WATERSON

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£657k	£618k
31/03/2024	£666k	£760k
31/03/2023	£549k	£644k
31/03/2022	£636k	£653k
31/03/2021	£581k	£595k

Common questions

Is CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE ) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £39,433 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £874,206. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE )?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE ) as a grant recipient include KINGSGATE CHURCH TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
KINGSGATE CHURCH TRUST	FY2021	£494

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
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£65k
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD	1	£5k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE.

KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE income £162k
CAMBRIDGE BETHEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £134k
CITY CHURCH NEWCASTLE income £1.3m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE CAMBRIDGE income £1.3m
NEW LIFE CHURCH CAMBRIDGE income £114k
CITY CHURCH SHEFFIELD income £424k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE )	£657k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE FY2024	£162k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE BETHEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2026	£134k	—	above	—	no doubt
CITY CHURCH NEWCASTLE FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£114k	—	above	—	no doubt

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