THE RED HEN PROJECT
Registered charity 1183845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RED HEN
We provide family support to primary age children and their families in Cambridge. We work within a multi-disciplinary framework & use a range of approaches. Objectives include improved educational attendance & performance, support with emotional & behavioural difficulties, reduced isolation, increased participation & empowerment of under served families who are often in poverty.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with an overall deficit of £29,159, resulting in total funds of £173,653. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £95,086 remain just above the stated policy minimum of £90,000, providing a buffer for operational continuity.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 4.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Fundraising Costs 4%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (02/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Lesley Fordchair
- Christopher Parsons
- Helen Skaer
- Liezel Hanley
- Miranda Gomperts · trustee of 1 other charity
- Robert Ford
- Sara Garnham
- Sophie Evans
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE RED HEN PROJECT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with an overall deficit of £29,159, resulting in total funds of £173,653. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £95,086 remain just above the stated policy minimum of £90,000, providing a buffer for operational continuity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds THE RED HEN PROJECT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RED HEN PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST, UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BENEDICTS, CAMBRIDGE.
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