Emmaus Cambridge

Registered charity 1064473 Registered since 1997

Operates: Cambridgeshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

Dr Andrew Cornish Chair since 2015
Helena Renfrew-Knight Mrs since 2020
Jack Pollington since 2025
Joanne May since 2018
John Dawson since 2016
John Murphy since 2018
Louisa Matheson since 2019

7.3y median 8y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Andrew Cornish Chair since 2015
Helena Renfrew-Knight Mrs since 2020
Joanne May since 2018
John Dawson since 2016
John Murphy since 2018
Louisa Matheson since 2019

12.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Dr Andrew Cornish Chair since 2015
Helena Renfrew-Knight Mrs since 2020
Jack Pollington since 2025
Joanne May since 2018
John Dawson since 2016
John Murphy since 2018
Louisa Matheson since 2019

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 7Economic/community Development/employment 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 5Retail and trade 5Tech and media 5

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£2.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2020

25 from 22 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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First Fruit Similar size; both Housing
Solo Housing (East Anglia) Similar size; both Housing
The Toybox Charity Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.emmauscambridge.org
Email	info@emmauscambridge.org
Phone	01223863657
Address	EMMAUS CAMBRIDGE, GREEN END, LANDBEACH, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 9FD

Finances

£1,969,837 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,303,209	£1,276,231
2022	£1,888,161	£1,492,937
2023	£1,787,014	£1,585,809
2024	£2,004,221	£1,716,144
2025	£1,969,837	£1,925,578

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/08/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/03/2015 as amended on 28 Aug 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees

58median age

1aged 70+

Dr Andrew Cornish Chair since 2015
Helena Renfrew-Knight Mrs since 2020
Jack Pollingtonage band 35-39 since 2025
Joanne Mayage band 55-59 since 2018
John Dawsonage band 75-79 since 2016
John Murphyage band 60-64 since 2018
Louisa Mathesonage band 45-49 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Emmaus Cambridge · 03422363 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/08/1997

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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