ECCLESIA IN CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1184416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE

To advance the faith revealed in the Bible, by the preaching of the gospel, by the spiritual nourishment of the new believers, by the perfecting of all believers to be living, functioning members in the Body of Christ, by holding meetings for prayer, for remembrance of the Lord and for prophesying unto mutual encouragement, exhortation and building up, by raising up and support full time workers.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE THROUGH THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS FOR PRAYER, COMMUNION, FELLOWSHIP, BIBLE STUDY AND MUTUAL TEACHING OF MEMBERS AND THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL SEMINARS FOR INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ENLIGHTEN THEM ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND SUPPORTING RELATED ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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: South Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£60k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £159,909, up from £17,340 in the prior year, driven by a net income of £42,569. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be appropriate and in line with their policy to maintain a healthy surplus to ensure future sustainability without undue reliance on short-term funding.

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 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 14/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 14/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 14/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 30

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 14/07/2025 (received 20/09/2026, 129 days after the 14/05/2026 due date); year ending 14/07/2024 (received 06/08/2025, 84 days after the 14/05/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
14/07/2025£103k£60k
14/07/2024£40k£21k
14/07/2023£24k£13k
14/07/2022£25k£10k
14/07/2021£16k£18k

Common questions

Is ECCLESIA IN CAMBRIDGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £159,909, up from £17,340 in the prior year, driven by a net income of £42,569. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be appropriate and in line with their policy to maintain a healthy surplus to ensure future sustainability without undue reliance on short-term funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST1£38k
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK (UK)1£4k
THE WOODLANDS TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ECCLESIA IN CAMBRIDGE£103k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH ATTLEBOROUGH FY2025£997k—0unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE YEOLIM CHURCH FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
OLD TRAFFORD CHRISTADELPHIAN CHURCH FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EMMANUEL CHURCH, UK FY2025£301k—0unclear—no doubt

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