Downing Place United Reformed Church, Cambridge, General Funds Charity
Charity number: 1131462
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Provides regular public worship for all. Promotes education and learning about the Christian Faith for all ages. Gives pastoral support to those in sickness, distress or poverty. Provides nurture and activities for children and young people. Serves the community by providing premises for groups and resources for activities, including education and learning opportunities.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £426,028
Total expenditure: £600,477
People
15 Trustee(s)
50 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
- Cambridgeshire
Governance
Registration history:
Organisation type:
Previously excepted
Other names:
- Downing Place URC General Funds Charity (Working name)
- EMMANUEL UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE (Previous name)
- EMMANUEL URC CAMBRIDGE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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
15 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Derek Bush | Trustee | 07 September 2025 |
|
|
||||
| Dr William Owen Saxton | Trustee | 10 April 2025 |
|
|
||||
| Sonya Clare Sireau | Trustee | 06 April 2025 |
|
|
||||
| Ian Chilles Strachan | Trustee | 06 April 2025 |
|
|||||
| George William Adams Devine | Trustee | 06 April 2025 |
|
|
||||
| Helen Elizabeth Bell | Trustee | 06 April 2025 |
|
|
||||
| Dr Robert Connon Smith | Trustee | 07 May 2023 |
|
|
||||
| Dr CHARLES CHRISTOPHER AUGUR PEARCE | Trustee | 07 May 2023 |
|
|
||||
| Alison Esther Binney | Trustee | 07 May 2023 |
|
|
||||
| Hazel Joy Sanderson | Trustee | 23 May 2021 |
|
|
||||
| Dr Elizabeth Cornelia De Bruin-Lara | Trustee | 07 April 2019 |
|
|
||||
| Dr ALAN JAMES ROBERTSON RICKARD | Trustee | 31 May 2018 |
|
|
||||
| STEPHEN THORNTON CBE | Trustee | 17 April 2016 |
|
|
||||
| JANE BOWER | Trustee | 17 April 2016 |
|
|
||||
| PHILIPPA MILLINGTON JONES | Trustee | 17 April 2016 |
|
|
||||
Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Total gross income | £456.40k | £440.15k | £675.61k | £449.89k | £426.03k | |
|
|
Total expenditure | £352.45k | £406.22k | £521.42k | £587.86k | £600.48k | |
|
|
Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income - Donations and legacies | N/A | N/A | £309.28k | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income - Other trading activities | N/A | N/A | £128.32k | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income - Endowments | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income - Investment | N/A | N/A | £51.69k | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income - Other | N/A | N/A | £186.33k | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income - Legacies | N/A | N/A | £16.03k | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Expenditure - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | £521.42k | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Expenditure - Raising funds | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Expenditure - Governance | N/A | N/A | £1.32k | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Expenditure - Grants institution | N/A | N/A | £175.84k | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Expenditure - Investment management | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Expenditure - Other | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A |
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 December 2024 | 15 July 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 15 July 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 27 June 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 27 June 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 29 June 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 29 June 2023 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 23 June 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 23 June 2022 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 03 August 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 03 August 2021 | On time |