ABBEY PEOPLE CIO — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 5 November 2018
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £502,407
Latest expenditure: £422,467
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: The Hub, 15 Barnwell Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RG

Website recorded by the regulator: www.abbeypeople.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Abbey People works with the Statutory and Voluntary sector, along with local residents, to seek to bring improvements to the Abbey Ward area of Cambridge.We do this through running events, groups, networking, providing training and information, fundraising, partnering with other charities and groups and responding as appropriate to the input of local residents.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 9 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 9 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £502,407
Total Gross Expenditure: £422,467

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 23 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 23 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £283,376
Total Gross Expenditure: £267,742

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 11 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £319,333
Total Gross Expenditure: £224,751

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 5 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 5 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £205,398
Total Gross Expenditure: £190,282

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 1 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 1 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £241,933
Total Gross Expenditure: £112,156

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £502,407
Total Gross Expenditure: £422,467
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £144,106
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 120

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 23 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £283,376
Total Gross Expenditure: £267,742
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £25,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 11 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £319,333
Total Gross Expenditure: £224,751
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £27,706
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 5 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £205,398
Total Gross Expenditure: £190,282
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £84,957
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 75

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £241,933
Total Gross Expenditure: £112,156
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £70,157
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 100

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 80102
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 41905
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 380400
Income Total Income And Endowments: 502407
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £268
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £422,199
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 422467
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 650
Expenditure Support Costs: 33917
Expenditure Depreciation: 1115
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £151,198
Assets Total Fixed: 1113
Assets Own Use: 1113
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £370,513
Assets Total Liabilities: £27,827
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £343,799
Creditors One Year Total Current: 27827
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £352,564
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 242174
Funds Restricted: 101625
Funds Total: 343799
Count Employees: 6
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ABBEY PEOPLE CIO
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-11-07T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 3951310
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1072923
Assoc Charity Name: THE EAST BARNWELL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Charity Name: ABBEY PEOPLE CIO
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2018-11-05T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 05 Nov 2018 as amended on 10 Jan 2024
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ABBEY WARD IN CAMBRIDGE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff