CHESHIRE EAST CAB LTD

Registered charity 1128498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CECAB

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Latest income
£711k
Latest spending
£699k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £12,312 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds increasing to £181,951. The trustees consider the immediate future of the charity to be secure, with the accounts prepared on a going concern basis. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £175,635, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of three months of typical operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months typical operating expenditure (held: £176k)
“The trustees consider that it would be prudent to set aside an amount equivalent to three months typical operating expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income
£711k
Total spending
£699k
Reserves (reported)
£182k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£711k£699k
31/03/2024£733k£738k
31/03/2023£719k£749k
31/03/2022£754k£750k
31/03/2021£802k£812k

Common questions

Is CHESHIRE EAST CAB LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £12,312 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds increasing to £181,951. The trustees consider the immediate future of the charity to be secure, with the accounts prepared on a going concern basis. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £175,635, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of three months of typical operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/09/2006£208kRural Outreach Service