THE CAMBRIDGE SECURITY INITIATIVE 2017

Registered charity 1175201 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Objects of the Charity are to advance education in relation to international security andintelligence issues through research, provision of educational programmes and collaborations in intelligence studies, teaching and research with national and international universities, the government of the UK and other nations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN RELATION TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ISSUES INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION):(A)PROMOTING THE STUDY AND/OR FACILITATING THE INFORMED ANALYSIS OF ISSUES SUCH AS STATE SECRECY; THE THREATS OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, CYBER ATTACK AND TERRORISM; THE PROBLEMS GENERATED BY THE DEMAND FOR REGIONAL SECURITY, OF GOVERNING DIVERSITY AND THE IMPACT OF REVOLUTIONS; AND/OR(B)PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND HOW IT IS USED; OF COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE AND COVERT ACTION; AND OF WHAT INTELLIGENCE CAN ACHIEVE AND ITS LIMITATIONS; AND/OR(C)ESTABLISHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR COLLABORATION IN RESPECT OF INTELLIGENCE STUDIES, TEACHING AND RESEARCH WITH AND/OR BETWEEN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES (AND COLLEGES, FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THEM), THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UK AND OTHER NATIONS, THE DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND OTHER SIMILAR ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED WITH SUCH WORK; AND/OR(D)TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THESE OBJECTS.

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

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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 a net surplus of £132,578 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total income of £647,357 against expenditure of £514,779. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted funds stood at £259,906, and the trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis without noting any material uncertainties or risks to continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE KCMG OBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angus Knowles-Cutler
• David Ludlow
• Dr Alan Michael Dawson
• Dr Daniela Richterova
• Professor Michael Simon Goodman

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• SAFETYNET CHARITABLE TRUST income £152k
• CAMBRIDGE LITERARY FESTIVAL income £485k

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