CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1075120
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We make grants to local charities, groups and individuals, manage grant-making funds on behalf of individuals and organisations, and promote giving to build long term capital funds to benefit the community in the future. Our grants target activities which help children and young people, older people and their carers, people with disabilities, the unemployed and people on low incomes.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income:
£11,470,244

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Donations and legacies £5.64m
Charitable activities £4.83m
Other trading activities £24.42k
Investments £979.18k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£7,816,140

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Raising funds £580.80k
Charitable activities £7.24m
Other £0

-£1,123,549 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £1,893,973 from 21 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £580.80k
Charitable expenditure £7.24m
Retained for future use £3.65m

People

17 Employee(s)

17 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£70k to £80k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Cumbria

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 May 1969: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

17 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Myles Heywood Thompson Trustee 01 July 2025
None on record
Patrick Boggon Trustee 12 March 2024
None on record
Rachael Mary Stephenson Trustee 12 March 2024
None on record
Georgina Smith Trustee 12 March 2024
None on record
Emma Louise Williamson Trustee 28 November 2023
None on record
Steven Roy Harnwell Trustee 28 November 2023
None on record
James Perks Trustee 28 November 2023
None on record
Suzanne Elizabeth Wilson Trustee 06 July 2021
SOUTH WHITEHAVEN YOUTH PARTNERSHIP
Received: On time
FRANCIS ALEXANDER SCOTT Trustee 04 March 2021
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
SCOTT BOLTON TRUST
Received: On time
Lucy Georgiana Cavendish Trustee 19 June 2020
GUIDES OVER THE KENT AND LEVEN SANDS LIMITED
Received: On time
Colonel Chris Sanderson Trustee 02 December 2019
None on record
Glenys Barbara Marriott Trustee 02 December 2019
None on record
JOHN STEPHEN ROBERT WILSON Trustee 07 January 2019
None on record
JIM JOHNSON Trustee 07 January 2019
None on record
SUSAN CLAIRE HOWORTH Trustee 07 January 2019
None on record
ALISON MARGARET JOHNSTON Trustee 07 January 2019
None on record
Kevin Walsh Trustee 07 January 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £7.02m £5.30m £6.31m £7.43m £11.47m
Total expenditure £5.64m £4.71m £6.57m £7.62m £7.82m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £466.25k £1.75m £1.01m £1.40m £1.89m
Income - Donations and legacies £4.39m £1.83m £2.81m £2.68m £5.64m
Income - Other trading activities £3.00k £20.15k £20.64k £13.67k £24.42k
Income - Charitable activities £3.75m £2.89m £2.76m £3.89m £4.83m
Income - Endowments £2.33m £584.58k £622.16k £743.80k £4.02m
Income - Investment £658.56k £624.04k £721.64k £855.06k £979.18k
Income - Other £0 £42.98k £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £38.75k £0 £259.17k £14.64k £577.78k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £5.38m £4.42m £6.22m £7.13m £7.24m
Expenditure - Raising funds £258.70k £290.67k £341.31k £487.91k £580.80k
Expenditure - Governance £13.37k £14.93k £13.77k £13.33k £14.99k
Expenditure - Grants institution £5.11m £4.02m £5.83m £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £56.40k £56.23k £48.62k £49.49k £56.69k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Own use assets £8.40k £17.45k £16.37k £34.76k £28.80k
Long-term investments £25.70m £27.16m £26.81m £29.28m £30.79m
Other assets £6.66m £7.48m £6.58m £6.34m £7.16m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £716.81k £781.71k £501.37k £779.13k £571.24k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 18 December 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 18 December 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 20 December 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 20 December 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 20 December 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 03 December 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 07 December 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/02/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/07/2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/11/2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/2014 as amended on 28 Mar 2022

Charitable objects

The Company is established for:- (A) the support or promotion of any charitable purposes for the relief of poverty, the advancement of education (including training for employment or work), the advancement of religion, the protection or promotion of social wellbeing, good health both physical and mental and for charitable purposes in connection with the provision, maintenance and improvement of a public park or other public or social amenity and/ or the erection, maintenance, repair, or restoration of a building or other structure for the benefit of communities, organisations, groups and/ or individuals: (i) in the County of Cumbria and its immediate neighbourhood (the ‘Principal Area of Benefit'); and/ or (ii) outside the Principal Area of Benefit provided that the support and/ or promotion of such communities, organisations, groups and/ or individuals is ancillary to the support of charitable purposes benefitting the Principal Area of Benefit; and/ or (iii) outside the Principal Area of Benefit where grants or other payments are made from a fund held by the Company where such fund is also to benefit charitable purposes in the Principal Area of Benefit, and/ or (B) any other charitable purpose for the benefit of A (i) and/ or (ii) and/ or (iii) above, and reference to ‘Cumbria’ in this Memorandum of Association is the area defined by reference to the administrative areas set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1972 against ‘Cumbria’ in column 1, and will remain that area described notwithstanding any amendment under any future Local Government reorganisation.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

COUNTY OF CUMBRIA AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 1075120-8 BEVERLEY CHARITABLE TRUST
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 6TH JANUARY 1969
Charitable objects
TO PROCURE AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR ANY CHARITABLE INSTITURIONS DULY REGISTERED UNDER THE CHARITIES ACT, 1960 OR ANY ACT AMENDING OR REPLACING THE SAME AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.
Area of benefit
UNRESTRICTED
Registration history
  • 28 May 1969 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
DOVENBY HALL
DOVENBY
COCKERMOUTH
CA13 0PN
Phone:
01900825760
Email:
enquiries@cumbriafoundation.org
Website:

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