CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Registered charity 1120693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
CNC aims to help older and vulnerable people maintain their independence and connections with their communities and avoid admision to hospital. We have a team of over 120 volunteers who provide direct support through our Help at Home service. Our Community Development team support local community groups who also share our aims. We also represent older people's interests wherever possible.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state the charity finished the financial year with a surplus of £131,633, largely attributed to unexpected recruitment challenges. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves total £200,971, which equates to 2.5 months of running costs, falling below the stated policy target of three to six months. The charity notes that its future is dependent on continued success in securing funding from statutory partners.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months' running costs (held: £201k)
“Our reserves policy is to have between three and six months’ running costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“In common with many charities, the future of the organisation is dependent on continued success in being awarded funding.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: One trustee is a councillor for South Cambridgeshire District Council. The charity received funding from this Council.
“The trustees are drawn from the community and one of the trustees is also a councillor for South Cambridgeshire District Council. During the year Care Network Cambridgeshire received funding from the Council.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Care Network Cambridgeshire (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Lynda — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Mike Hill — 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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- The National Lottery Community Fund — “The National Lottery Community Fund awards Care Network £20,000! We are thrilled to share that The National Lottery Community Fund has award…” (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.
- PORRO, Laura Cecilia — director, appointed 13/03/2026on trustee list
- GOZNA, Suzannah — director, appointed 15/08/2025on trustee list
- AMURE, Bamidele Olusola, Dr — director, appointed 15/08/2025on trustee list
- STONER, Jane Elizabeth — director, appointed 15/08/2024on trustee list
- BARNES, Rowena Carey — director, appointed 09/02/2024on trustee list
- HILL, Michael John — director, appointed 02/03/2020on trustee list
- PEARCE HIGGINS, Margaret — director, appointed 26/04/2019not on trustee list
- ELLINGTON, Susan Mary — director, appointed 08/06/2018on trustee list
- PHILLIPS, Lynda — secretary, appointed 01/03/2024
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Dr Bamidele Larry Olusola Amure
- Jane Stoner · trustee of 2 other charities
- Laura Porro
- Margaret Pearce Higgins
- Michael John Hill
- Rowena Barnes
- Susan Mary Ellington
- Suzannah Gozna
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state the charity finished the financial year with a surplus of £131,633, largely attributed to unexpected recruitment challenges. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves total £200,971, which equates to 2.5 months of running costs, falling below the stated policy target of three to six months. The charity notes that its future is dependent on continued success in securing funding from statutory partners. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Who funds CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE as a grant recipient include THE EVELYN TRUST, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
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