UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 204640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE UNITED CHARITIES

1) Provision of almshouses for persons in conditions of need, hardship or distress living within the City of Cambridge and its surrounding area. 2) Relief in Need funds given annually to qualified charities and institutions for the relief of poverty and the education of the young in and around the City of Cambridge.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE RELIEF OF NEED OF PERSONS, INCLUDING RESIDENTS, LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, OR PERSONS WHO CAN ESTABLISH A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE SAID AREA, THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES; AND(B) THE MAKING OF GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES, CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £56,786 for the year, although overall assets decreased by £111,941 due to a £168,888 drop in investment values. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £4,143,872, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £150,000. The trustees report 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

Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Stephen Distonchair
• Alun Huw Jones MA FCA
• Belinda Greenwell
• Dr Alison Ainley
• Dr David Stanley Secher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr David Stanley Secher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• Miriam Lynn
• Ruth Waight
• Wendy Solomou

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE RE-USE.

• CAMBRIDGE RE-USE income £180k
• CAMBRIDGE HOUSE AND TALBOT income £2.2m
• AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES income £102k
• WATERBEACH UNITED CHARITIES income £30k
• KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES UNITED CHARITIES income £251k
• THE UNITED CHARITIES income £334k

Side by side with its peers

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