Registered charity (CIO) · Cambridge
The Cambridge Friendship Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £87k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor David Frank FordChair · since 2020
- Anna Juliet Margaret CaffellTrustee · since 2023
- Barbara BennettTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Victoria Ann Rose GrebeTrustee · since 2025
- Jonathan Andrew YoungTrustee · since 2020
- Judith Ann GardomTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Loraine GelsthorpeTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Anna Holt JonesTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Deborah Perrin FordTrustee · since 2020
- Toby John PayneTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England, Scotland
- Website
- www.lynshouse.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£87k£86k
- 2024£30k£74k
- 2023£123k£39k
Earlier years
- 2022£38k£36k
- 2021£8k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BY SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY INSPIRED BY THE TEACHINGS OF JEAN VANIER AND THE ETHOS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF L’ARCHE COMMUNITIES BY OFFERING FRIENDSHIP AND HOSPITALITY TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND FOSTERING AND SUPPORTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING ALL USEFUL RESULTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Professor David Frank Ford Chair since 2020
- Anna Juliet Margaret Caffell since 2023
- Barbara Bennett since 2021
- Dr Victoria Ann Rose Grebe since 2025
- Jonathan Andrew Young since 2020
- Judith Ann Gardom since 2020
- Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe since 2025
- Rev Anna Holt Jones since 2023
- Rev Deborah Perrin Ford since 2020
- Toby John Payne since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor David Frank Ford Chair since 2020
- Jonathan Andrew Young since 2020
- Judith Ann Gardom since 2020
- Rev Deborah Perrin Ford since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Anna Juliet Margaret Caffell since 2023
- Barbara Bennett since 2021
- Dr Victoria Ann Rose Grebe since 2025
- Jonathan Andrew Young since 2020
- Judith Ann Gardom since 2020
- Rev Anna Holt Jones since 2023
- Rev Deborah Perrin Ford since 2020
- Toby John Payne since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Professor David Frank Ford Chair since 2020
- Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187876
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Feb 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01223741039 · lynshouse.cam@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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