Registered charity · Cambridge
Cambridge Cyrenians Limited
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Elizabeth Ellen BissetChair · since 2025
- Charlotte SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Christina AlexanderTrustee · since 2024
- Helen McallisterTrustee · since 2025
- John DaffarnTrustee · since 2022
- Maria SpinazzolaTrustee · since 2020
- Michelle CooperTrustee · since 2026
- Rachel Dorothy Louise HaydenTrustee · since 2024
- Richard RobertsonTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.cambridgecyrenians.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cambridge Cyrenians Limited
- Registered
- 1971
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.7m£1.6m
- 2024£1.6m£1.5m
- 2023£1.4m£1.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.2m
- 2021£1.3m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 16% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND OLD AGE IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS) FOR THE RELIEF OF HOMELESS PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AND REQUIRE ASSISTANCE IN ACHIEVING A MORE SETTLED WAY OF LIFE.
Grants received
24 grants · £959,331 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £552,305 (7 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £179,880 (3 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £75,000 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £62,030
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Elizabeth Ellen Bisset Chair since 2025
- Charlotte Smith since 2026
- Christina Alexander since 2024
- Helen Mcallister since 2025
- John Daffarn since 2022
- Maria Spinazzola since 2020
- Michelle Cooper since 2026
- Richard Robertson
- Rachel Dorothy Louise Hayden since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Elizabeth Ellen Bisset Chair since 2025
- Charlotte Smith since 2026
- Christina Alexander since 2024
- Helen Mcallister since 2025
- John Daffarn since 2022
- Maria Spinazzola since 2020
- Michelle Cooper since 2026
- Richard Robertson
- Rachel Dorothy Louise Hayden since 2024
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 261994
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/10/1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/10/2014 as amended on 23 Aug 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 00992199 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223712501 · office@cambridgecyrenians.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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