THE CAMBRIDGE FRIENDSHIP TRUST

Registered charity 1187876 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LYN'S HOUSE CAMBRIDGE

The Cambridge Friendship Trust works to relieve the needs of those with learning disabilities by supporting a community in Cambridge inspired by the ethos of the International Federation of L'Arche Communities offering friendship and hospitality to people with learning disabilities and fostering and supporting academic research and disseminating all useful results.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BY SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY INSPIRED BY THE TEACHINGS OF JEAN VANIER AND THE ETHOS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF L’ARCHE COMMUNITIES BY OFFERING FRIENDSHIP AND HOSPITALITY TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND FOSTERING AND SUPPORTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING ALL USEFUL RESULTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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 · Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · 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 charity reported a small unrestricted surplus of £19 for the year, with free unrestricted reserves standing at £12,752. This figure is below the trustees' stated prudent target of £30,000 in unrestricted reserves. The accounts confirm the charity is a going concern, with sufficient reserves and expected income to meet obligations for the next 12 to 18 months.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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 — Cambridge Friendship Trust (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).

• Charles Plater Trust — “Plater are one of the funders” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor David Frank Fordchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anna Juliet Margaret Caffell
• Barbara Bennett
• Dr Victoria Ann Rose Grebe
• Jonathan Andrew Young
• Judith Ann Gardom
• Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Deborah Perrin Ford
• Toby John Payne

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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