CAMBRIDGE AID
Registered charity 204327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE CENTRAL AID, CAMBRIDGE CENTRAL AID SOCIETY, CAMBRIDGE CENTRAL AID SOCIETY AND SURGICAL AID ASSOCIATION
Assess the need and give appropriate support in individual cases of social distress or financial difficulty.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income was £135,497 against total expenditure of £139,022, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this, unrestricted reserves remained healthy at £130,786, providing 12 months of expenditure cover against the trustees' prudent policy target of 6 months. The charity maintains significant restricted endowment funds valued at over £300,000 to support future investment income.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 6 months reserves against annualised expenditure (held: £131k)
“the Trustees consider that 6 months reserves against annualised expenditure to be prudent and appropriate.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee referred 16% of clients to Citizens Advice Bureau where they are a Supervisor.
“One Trustee is a Supervisor at the Cambridge and District Citizens Advice Bureau who referred 16% (2024:18%) of our clients. This Trustee does not vote on any client applications sponsored by Citizens Advice.” — page 11
“One Trustee is an employee of Rathbones Investment Management in Cambridge who manage our ethical and Fulbourn Fund investments.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee employed by Rathbones, which manages the charity's investments.
“One Trustee is a Supervisor at the Cambridge and District Citizens Advice Bureau who referred 16% (2024:18%) of our clients. This Trustee does not vote on any client applications sponsored by Citizens Advice.” — page 11
“One Trustee is an employee of Rathbones Investment Management in Cambridge who manage our ethical and Fulbourn Fund investments.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cambridge Aid (matched by registered charity number).
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- JOEL LIMMERchair
- Dr Anna Stevenson
- Edward John Rodney Stanford
- Karen Sheila Gower Isaac
- Ken Smith
- LAUREN JANE ALLIN
- Maria Esther Lamb
- Paul Alastair Ray · trustee of 1 other charity
- RACHEL JANE WINTER
- Rachel Kay Norridge
- Susan Anne Gilbey
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CAMBRIDGE AID financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £135,497 against total expenditure of £139,022, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this, unrestricted reserves remained healthy at £130,786, providing 12 months of expenditure cover against the trustees' prudent policy target of 6 months. The charity maintains significant restricted endowment funds valued at over £300,000 to support future investment income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CAMBRIDGE AID?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMBRIDGE AID as a grant recipient include UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE LESS, CAMBRIDGE.
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