CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT YOUTH FOR CHRIST

Registered charity 1097834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Resourcing and training church-based youth workers. Organising Cambridge-wide church-based youth events: acts of worship, exploring Christianity in contemporary settings and acts of service to the Community.Teaching the PHSE curriculum in schools and facilitating Christian Unions.Reaching unchurched young people in new ways.

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Latest income

£190k

Latest spending

£200k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £9,729 for the year, with total expenditure of £200,136 exceeding income of £190,407. Despite this, unrestricted cash balances were £90,059, which is well in excess of the trustees' reserves policy target of £26,615. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £156,908 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months’ salary payments (held: £90k)

“The Trustees have agreed that it would be prudent, if possible, to maintain the level of reserves to cover two months’ salary payments. This sets the reserves target at £26,615” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cambridge YFC (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Maleschair
ALLEN SWANN
Alan Hugh Irvine McCormick · trustee of 2 other charities
David Henry Hunt
Emma Launchbury
Rebekah Massiah

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£190k	£200k
31/12/2023	£220k	£197k
31/12/2022	£188k	£152k
31/12/2021	£159k	£136k
31/12/2020	£171k	£171k

Common questions

Is CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT YOUTH FOR CHRIST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £9,729 for the year, with total expenditure of £200,136 exceeding income of £190,407. Despite this, unrestricted cash balances were £90,059, which is well in excess of the trustees' reserves policy target of £26,615. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £156,908 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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	09/06/2023	£10k	Helping the Young People in Our Town