ADDENBROOKE'S CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1170103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4681040 · Wikipedia

Raises funds to support Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals; connecting givers and causes, supporting projects and facilities beyond the boundaries of NHS funding to achieve the highest possible standards and outcomes in patient experience, clinical care, research and education. Successor to 1048868 - see www.act4addenbrookes.org.uk/Aboutus/Publications for annual report 2016/17 & earlier years.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GENERAL OR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION TRUST [BEING THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST OR ITS SUCCESSOR] OR THE PURPOSES OF THE HEALTH SERVICE [AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1 OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT 2006];(B) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC; AND (C) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING BY ENGAGING IN AND SUPPORTING HEALTH-RELATED RESEARCH (AND THE DISSEMINATION OF ITS USEFUL RESULTS), EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · 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 total income increased by 24% to £13.9m, driven by growth in capital campaigns and legacies, while charitable expenditure decreased to £3.8m. The charity holds strong free reserves of £8.0m, which the trustees consider adequate to continue as a going concern, supported by a robust investment portfolio and cash reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust named UK Charity of the Year at Peterborough awards peterboroughmatters.co.uk · 21/10/2026
• Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust wins Charity of the Year – and takes home four more awards – at the 2026 National Charity Today Awards cambridgenetwork.co.uk · 19/10/2026
• Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust shortlisted for five National Charity Today Awards – including Charity of the Year cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 09/10/2026
• Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) supported cancer technology earns multiple awards cambridgenetwork.co.uk · 20/07/2026
• Cambridge scientist wins Lister Prize for pioneering Parkinson’s research project – backed by Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust cambridgenetwork.co.uk · 07/07/2026
• Supporting the arts in a hospital environment - Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) helping to create a 'people-first' design for a giant 3D sculptural mural to welcome patients to the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital cambridgenetwork.co.uk · 21/05/2026
• Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT's) 19 London Marathon runners part of a new Guinness World Record cambridgenetwork.co.uk · 07/05/2026
• Record-breaking runners raise £85,000 for Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust at ‘emotional’ London Marathon inyourarea.co.uk · 29/04/2026

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: THE FUND FOR ADDENBROOKE'S LIMITED Companies House 04287054
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10469089

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Charles Packshaw — Chair (source)
• Shelly Thake — Chief Executive (source)
• Martine Gabbitass — Director of Finance & Corporate Services (source)
• Paul White — Director of Communications & Impact (source)
• Claire Billing — Director of Fundraising (source)
• Marianne Richardson — Co-Director of Philanthropy (source)
• Tom Gull — Co-Director of Philanthropy (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• The Illumina Foundation — “The Illumina Foundation” (source page)
• The Lisa Wiles Red Wellies Brain Tumour Support Fund — “The Lisa Wiles Red Wellies Brain Tumour Support Fund” (source page)
• Morrisons Foundation — “Morrisons Foundation” (source page)
• NHS Charities Together — “NHS Charities Together” (source page)
• Hewitsons Charitable Trust — “Hewitsons Charitable Trust – Chariots of Fire 2019” (source page)
• The Pemberton Family Charitable Trust — “The Pemberton Family Charitable Trust” (source page)

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.

• HATLEY, Maria-Christina — director, appointed 01/11/2024not on trustee list
• CROMBIE, Catriona, Dr — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
• MORROW, Thomas James, Dr — director, appointed 01/07/2024on trustee list
• BAKSHI, Mousumi — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• CLIFFORD, Leslie — director, appointed 27/01/2023on trustee list
• PACKSHAW, Charles Max — director, appointed 01/09/2022on trustee list
• STEVENS, James — director, appointed 01/03/2021on trustee list
• FOX, William Philip — director, appointed 04/08/2020on trustee list
• SMITH, Claire Louise — director, appointed 01/01/2018on trustee list
• FORD, Hugo Edward Rawlinson, Dr — director, appointed 02/04/2017on trustee list
• KNAPTON, Paul Michael, Dr — director, appointed 02/04/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £1.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Max Packshawchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLAIRE LOUISE SMITH
• DR MIKE KNAPTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Catriona Crombie
• Dr HUGO EDWARD RAWLINSON FORD
• Dr Thomas James Morrow
• JAMES STEVENS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Leslie Clifford
• Maria-Christina Peyman
• Mousumi Bakshi
• WILLIAM PHILIP FOX

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

Operates in: Botswana · Burma · Cambridgeshire · El Salvador · Essex · Hertfordshire · India · Jordan · Kenya · Norfolk · Sierra Leone · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

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