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JUNCTION CDC LIMITED

Registered charity 801637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JUNCTION (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED, THE JUNCTION CDC LIMITED

Cambridge Junction is a creative hub for people and ideas where audiences and artists explore, experience and are inspired by art, entertainment and learning. We champion the up-and-coming, both youthful and leading edge and seek to be meaningful to the lives of our audiences.

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Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£3.9m
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net expenditure of £378,986 for the year, resulting in free reserves falling into a deficit of £146,429. This position is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £230,000 in free reserves. The trustees acknowledge the reserves are lower than ideal but assert that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One Group employee had emoluments, excluding pension contributions but including benefits in kind, that were within the range of £60,000 to £69,999 (2024 – one), in the current year.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One Group employee had emoluments, excluding pension contributions but including benefits in kind, that were within the range of £60,000 to £69,999 (2024 – one), in the current year.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-146k; policy: approximately £230,000)
“At 31 March 2025, the free reserves fell short of the desired level as set out in the reserves policy, above.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees and associated companies made payments to the charity
“In the year ended 31 March 2025, trustees and associated companies made payments totalling £582 (2024: £1,714) to Cambridge Junction for donations, corporate memberships and sponsorship.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Junction Promotions Limited
“The charity’s wholly owned trading subsidiary, The Junction Promotions Limited, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales, pays all its profits to the charity by gift aid, under a deed of covenant.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

THE JUNCTION PROMOTIONS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £681k
  • Profit before tax: £240k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £240k
  • Creditors include £428,856 owed to group undertakings (2024: £414,419).
“The company gift aids its taxable profit to the parent charity, Junction CDC Limited under a Deed of Covenant. The deed of covenant/gift aid payable in the year amounted to £240,352 (2024 - £156,610).”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£3.9m
Cost of raising funds
£440k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
78

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (43% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.5m£3.9m
31/03/2024£3.7m£3.7m
31/03/2023£3.2m£3.7m
31/03/2022£2.7m£2.8m
31/03/2021£1.9m£1.9m

Common questions

Is JUNCTION CDC LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net expenditure of £378,986 for the year, resulting in free reserves falling into a deficit of £146,429. This position is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £230,000 in free reserves. The trustees acknowledge the reserves are lower than ideal but assert that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of JUNCTION CDC LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds JUNCTION CDC LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JUNCTION CDC LIMITED as a grant recipient include PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, NORFOLK AND NORWICH FESTIVAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATIONFY2025£25k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2024£17kSecondary
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2025£17kSecondary
NORFOLK AND NORWICH FESTIVAL TRUSTFY2023£5kFestival Bridge grant funding
NORFOLK AND NORWICH FESTIVAL TRUSTFY2022£5kFestival Bridge grant funding

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
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND2£26k
AKO FOUNDATION1£945k
WOODSMITH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£156k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£92k
The Teesside Charity1£91k
THE EVELYN TRUST1£88k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND1£82k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JUNCTION FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JUNCTION CDC LIMITED£3.5m£60,000 - £69,9991below—no doubt
THE JUNCTION FOUNDATION FY2025£10.3m—0unclear—no doubt
MENAGERIE THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£124k—0below—no doubt
THE CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£19.3m——unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE CURIOSITY AND IMAGINATION FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt
CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt

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