Cambridge United Foundation Limited

Registered charity 1137275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE UNITED YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST, Cambridge United Community Trust Ltd, UNITED IN ENDEAVOUR

Cambridge United Foundation is the charitable arm of Cambridge United Football Club. We use the power of sport and the brand of Cambridge United FC to empower our community and change lives.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LIVING IN THECAMBRIDGESHIRE AREA, AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, BY:1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION ANDLEISURE PROGRAMMES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE, BYTHE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF SPORTS, IN PARTICULAR BUTNOT EXCLUSIVE(Y, FOOTBALL"2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION ORASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, COURSES ANDFACILITIES.3) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH BY DEVELOPING ANDPROVIDING HEALTHY LIVING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES WHICH EDUCATEPARTICIPANTS IN THE BENEFITS OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, HEALTHY EATING ANDEXERCISE.4) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED INTHE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OFLIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY ASMATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(C) DEVELOPING PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVEEMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves (unrestricted funds) were £165,773 at 30 June 2025, while the reserves policy requires maintaining sufficient levels to cover normal operating salaries and costs in the event of complete cessation. The charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £14,999 for the year, with total funds decreasing from £400,504 to £385,505.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07180620

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cambridge United Foundation (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.

• DAVEY, Michael — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• DRIVER, Daniel John, Rev — director, appointed 20/07/2024on trustee list
• SMITH, Godric William Naylor — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
• WINN, Matthew Reynolds — director, appointed 13/10/2022on trustee list
• BELL, Jonathon James Christian — director, appointed 11/06/2021on trustee list
• GOODALL, Joanne — director, appointed 01/03/2020on trustee list
• SCHOFIELD, Paul Jonathon — director, appointed 01/02/2018on trustee list
• MUNDAY, Stephen Charles Richard — director, appointed 24/05/2017on trustee list
• HILL, Jim — director, appointed 06/03/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (53% 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: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GODRIC SMITH
• JIM HILL
• Joanne Goodall
• Jonathon Bell
• MATTHEW WINN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Davey
• Paul Schofield
• Rev Daniel John Driver · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen Charles Munday

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE.

• UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE income £387k
• CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.8m
• CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITED income £4.7m
• CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS' UNION income £1.6m
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £4.3m
• CAMBRIDGE ETHNIC COMMUNITY FORUM income £247k

Side by side with its peers

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