JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1118574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's objects and powers are established in particular, but not exclusively for the benefit of those who live, work and study in Sawston (Cambridgeshire) and elsewhere locally.To relieve either generally or to individual persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. To provide advice and support for individuals disadvantaged through poverty.

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED (¶OBJECTS÷) ARE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK AND STUDY IN SAWSTON (CAMBRIDGESHIRE) AND ELSEWHERE LOCALLY:-1.1.1 TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, OR DISTRESS;1.1.2 TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS DISADVANTAGED THROUGH POVERTY;1.1.3 TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES;1.1.4 TO PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY AND HEALTH ISSUES;1.1.5 TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN;1.1.6 TO PROVIDE HOUSING IN THE PARISH OF SAWSTON FOR THOSE PERSONS WITH AN ACUTE HOUSING NEED;1.1.7 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF TO THE ELDERLY; ANDFOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · 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)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity derives almost all its income from its own assets, resulting in a net gain of £517,107 for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £148,995 are held above the stated policy target of £46,227, covering more than three months of personnel costs. The charity confirms it is in a position to live within its means and has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06045630

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — John Huntingdon's Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• COOPER, Kieran John Lawson — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
• WAITE, Kathryn Joy, Reverend Doctor — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
• GRUNDEL, Holger — director, appointed 15/07/2019on trustee list
• BUTLER, Tom — director, appointed 13/05/2019on trustee list
• SNAPE, Susan Dawn, Dr — director, appointed 13/05/2019on trustee list
• HAYDEN, Jill Mary — secretary, appointed 01/04/2010

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £500k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (45% 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: 6.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE INGHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• David John Baslington
• Dr Susan Snape
• Eleanor Brenda Clapp
• Holger Grundel
• KIERAN COOPER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Kathryn Joy Waite
• SUSAN REYNOLDS
• Tom Butler

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JOHN HODGES' TRUST FOR HARPSDEN HALL.

• JOHN HODGES' TRUST FOR HARPSDEN HALL income £142k
• SPORTS HUNTINGDON LIMITED income £60k
• HOWARD WATSON SYMINGTON MEMORIAL CHARITY income £108k
• ACTIVITEENS income £144k
• SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP LTD income £61k
• ADDINGTON FUND income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

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