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CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 1128757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cambridge in America (UK) Limited makes grants to the University of Cambridge and its Colleges, or to related organisations and charities. It forms part of a dual qualified structure with Cambridge in America, an American registered charity, enabling US citizens in the UK to support the University, its Colleges and related projects in a tax-efficient manner.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.7m
Latest spending
£4.4m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £120,960, a slight decrease from the previous year's £120,175. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total incoming resources of £606,246 and total expenditure of £606,438. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: distribute the majority of income received in the year (held: £121k)
“The Trustees’ policy is to distribute the majority of income received in the year.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Two trustees made donations to the charity.
“Two trustees (2023 - one trustee) made donations amounting to £255,907 (2023; £451,148) to the charity during the year ended 31st July 2024, There are no further related party transactions to disclose.” — page 16
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Prentis & Co LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£4.7m
Total spending
£4.4m
Reserves (reported)
£185k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£4.7m£4.4m
31/07/2024£606k£606k
31/07/2023£1.1m£1.1m
31/07/2022£647k£689k
31/07/2021£13.8m£13.9m

Common questions

Is CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £120,960, a slight decrease from the previous year's £120,175. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total incoming resources of £606,246 and total expenditure of £606,438. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Prentis & Co LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EVELYN TRUST1£174k
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION1£100k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST1£36k
THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£5k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST1£5k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITED£4.7m—0unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£200k—0above—not going concern
CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0within—no doubt
HUGHES HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£16.7m——above—no doubt
CHRIST'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FIRST FOUNDED BY KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND AND AFTER HIS DEATH FY2025£37.3m——unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

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