CAMBRIDGESHIRE DOFE OPEN AWARD CENTRE

Registered charity 1190796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support all young people aged 13-25 in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area in accessing a DofE Award at any level - and achieving a positive outcome

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD AND THEREBY DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £14,148 for the year ended 31st August 2025, with total income of £49,554 against expenditure of £35,406. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £59,729, which is above the stated policy target of £50,000. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound and the charity to be in a solid position to deliver its programme going forward.

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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Claire Lindsey Hunter
• James Burgess
• Jonathan Adam Tole
• Martin Andrew Brown BSc
• Stephen Young

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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