SPECTRUM CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1179618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPECTRUM

Spectrum Cambridge is a multi award winning, parent led children's charity. We provide events, sessions, and support for families of children with Autism, additional needs, learning difficulties, and disabilities. As an organisation, we are family focused, advocates of collaboration, passionate about increasing inclusion and well being, while reducing isolation in our work with SEND.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AND THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH AUTISM, ADDITIONAL NEEDS, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, LIFE LIMITING CONDITIONS AND DISABILITIES INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITY, IN PARTICULAR BIT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ALONGSIDE SUPPORT TO ASSIST THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · 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 made a surplus of £7,151 for the year ended 31st May 2025. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's free reserves are moving into a surplus position at the year end.

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 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
• Investing charity funds 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)

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Spectrum Cambridge (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Spectrum is exceptionally proud to work with The National Lottery Community Fund and to have been recognised by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenan…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID HERON
• DAVID WALTER HUGH KNOWLES
• Dr Malini Mital

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

Operates in: Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hampshire · Hertfordshire · Kent · Norfolk · Northamptonshire · Suffolk · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPECTRUM DAYS.

• SPECTRUM DAYS income £1.4m
• SPECTRUM GAMING income £563k
• AUTISM VENTURES income £871k
• AUTISM SPECTRUM CONNECTIONS CYMRU income £547k
• 'SPECTRUM WASP' income £372k
• SPECTRUM PEOPLE income £360k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.