The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1170103 Registered since 2016

Operates: Uganda, Jordan, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Botswana, Burma

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.7y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

9
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Disability 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Health and social care 12Finance 3Professional services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£13.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

13.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.0 in 2021

47 from 40 in 2021
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.act4addenbrookes.org.uk
Emailhello@act4addenbrookes.org.uk
Phone01223 217757
AddressBOX 126, ADDENBROOKES HOSPITAL, HILLS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 0QQ

Finances

£13,928,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,664,000£10,667,000
2022£8,159,000£8,176,000
2023£11,345,191£8,300,781
2024£11,221,916£7,745,245
2025£13,928,000£6,087,000

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GENERAL OR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION TRUST [BEING THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST OR ITS SUCCESSOR] OR THE PURPOSES OF THE HEALTH SERVICE [AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1 OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT 2006];(B) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC; AND (C) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING BY ENGAGING IN AND SUPPORTING HEALTH-RELATED RESEARCH (AND THE DISSEMINATION OF ITS USEFUL RESULTS), EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 NOV 2016AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 30 MAR 2017 as amended on 04 Aug 2020

Trustees (11)

11trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust · 10469089 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/11/2016

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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