THE CAMBRIDGE CITY FOODBANK

Registered charity 1149883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Vision is to end the need for foodbanks in the UK. While we work toward this goal, our local Mission remains to meet the need for emergency and affordable food, and tackle the causes of poverty, by harnessing the power of the community. Our Foodbank Welcome Centres provide 3 days' worth of emergency food, and our network of affordable food clubs support people in persistent food insecurity.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING FOOD AND RELIEF GOODS TO THE NEEDY AND DESTITUTE IN PARTICULAR WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS OF CAMBRIDGE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · 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 the charity reported an operating deficit of £392,511 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £781,983. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £536,100 (excluding tangible fixed assets) remain within the charity's stated policy range of £500,000 to twelve months of expenditure. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, noting that the deficit was partly offset by the utilization of designated reserves for strategic expansion projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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 08175815

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cambridge City Foodbank (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.

• HAVARD, Bridget Mary — director, appointed 25/08/2026on trustee list
• KILPATRICK, Heather Ruth — director, appointed 25/08/2026on trustee list
• FUNK, Joanne Rachel — director, appointed 06/11/2023on trustee list
• MUTHUNATHAN, Alfred Sunil — director, appointed 28/09/2023on trustee list
• CHILDS, Peter Reginald Graham — director, appointed 28/09/2023on trustee list
• PEARSON, Nicola Cameron — director, appointed 20/09/2023on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Richard Keith — director, appointed 05/02/2021on trustee list
• EVANS, Martin Russell — director, appointed 25/02/2020on trustee list
• THORNTON, Stephen — director, appointed 05/03/2019not on trustee list
• LIVESEY, David Anthony, Dr — secretary, appointed 06/06/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Thornton CBEchair
• Alfred Sunil Muthunathan
• Bridget Mary Havard
• Heather Ruth Kilpatrick
• Joanne Rachel Funk
• Martin Russell Evans
• Nicola Cameron Pearson
• Peter Reginald Graham Childs
• RICHARD KEITH JOHNSON
• Rebecca Caroline Smith

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARDIFF FOODBANK.

• CARDIFF FOODBANK income £601k
• BLACKBURN FOODBANK income £959k
• REDBRIDGE FOODBANK income £724k
• HARROGATE DISTRICT FOODBANK income £115k
• CLEVEDON AND DISTRICT FOODBANK CIO income £133k
• Food Bank Aid income £775k

Side by side with its peers

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