CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN SCHOOL

Registered charity 1121075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cambridge Russian school provides supplementary education in Russian language and culture to children of Russian heritage, and runs associated activities for children and their families.

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE* TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE * TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL .

Area of benefit: AT CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN SCHOOL.

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

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Latest income

£127k

Latest spending

£116k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £10,844.12 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total income of £127,271.28. The trustees report that reserves are held at £30,000, a level agreed upon in the previous year, to enhance resilience against adverse changes. The principal risk identified is the availability and cost of school premises, with increased rental costs posing a detrimental impact on the school's ability to fund itself.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £30,000 (held: £30k)

“Reserves level of £30,000 was agreed at the end of year 2023-24.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Aleksei Komarovchair
Artem Babayan
Artem Blagodarenko
Stanislav Protasov
Suzanna Brandes
Svetlana Shmeleva

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£127k	£116k
31/08/2024	£114k	£105k
31/08/2023	£101k	£104k
31/08/2022	£100k	£97k
31/08/2021	£75k	£73k

Common questions

Is CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £10,844.12 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total income of £127,271.28. The trustees report that reserves are held at £30,000, a level agreed upon in the previous year, to enhance resilience against adverse changes. The principal risk identified is the availability and cost of school premises, with increased rental costs posing a detrimental impact on the school's ability to fund itself. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN SCHOOL as a grant recipient include CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY	FY2025	£150	General

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	03/03/2020	£700	We all can make a difference!

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RUSSIAN LANGUAGE UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES LIMITED.

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES LIMITED income £364k
CAMBRIDGE STEINER SCHOOL PROJECT income £1.1m
CENTRAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE income £300k
ST CATHERINE'S BRITISH SCHOOL income £17.2m
COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD income £11.1m
SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL income £150k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN SCHOOL	£127k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES LIMITED FY2025	£364k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE STEINER SCHOOL PROJECT FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£300k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CATHERINE'S BRITISH SCHOOL FY2025	£17.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD FY2025	£11.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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