CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
We make grants to local charities, groups and individuals, manage grant-making funds on behalf of individuals and organisations, and promote giving to build long term capital funds to benefit the community in the future.Our grants target activities which help children and young people, older people and their carers, people with disabilities, the unemployed and people on low incomes.
Latest income
£11.5m
Expenditure
£7.8m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £7.0m | £5.6m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £5.3m | £4.7m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £6.3m | £6.6m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £7.4m | £7.6m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £11.5m | £7.8m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £5.6m |
| Charitable activities | £4.8m |
| Trading | £24k |
| Investment income | £979k |
| Total income | £11.5m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £7.2m |
| Raising funds | £581k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £15k |
| Total expenditure | £7.8m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £1.0m |
| Total funds | £37.4m |
| — restricted | £4.4m |
| — unrestricted | £1.1m |
| — endowment | £32.0m |
| Total assets | £37.4m |
| Cash | £6.7m |
People
| Employees | 17 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Religious Activities
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Amateur Sport
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.