CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO

Registered charity 1184835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CUCA

PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND FUNDING FOR A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAINCY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

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Latest income
£399k
Latest spending
£340k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £210,367 for the year, driven by significant investment gains of £151,773. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £2,624,551, which is above the stated policy target of six months' expected expenditure, and the working cash reserve was also comfortably above its three-month target. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of expected expenditure (held: £2.6m)
“The CUCA CIO aims to maintain sufficient unrestricted general funds to cover the expected expenditure of at least six months.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£399k£340k
30/06/2024£389k£351k
30/06/2023£391k£225k
30/06/2022£361k£219k
30/06/2021£194k£223k

Common questions

Is CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £210,367 for the year, driven by significant investment gains of £151,773. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £2,624,551, which is above the stated policy target of six months' expected expenditure, and the working cash reserve was also comfortably above its three-month target. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.

Who funds CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO as a grant recipient include THE ENNISMORE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ENNISMORE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k

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
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CULHAM CHAPEL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO£399k—0above—no doubt
CULHAM CHAPEL TRUST FY2025£356k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.MARTIN-OF-TOUR, CHELSFIELD FY2025£261k—0above7.6%no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH FY2024£173k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW FY2024£303k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, CAMBERLEY FY2024£564k—0unclear—no doubt

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