ADDENBROOKE'S CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1170103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission 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.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

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
• The Illumina Foundation
• The Lisa Wiles Red Wellies Brain Tumour Support Fund
• Morrisons Foundation
• NHS Charities Together
• Hewitsons Charitable Trust
• The Pemberton Family Charitable Trust

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).

Trustees

• 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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