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Income from grants is recognised gross when notification of approval is received.
Accounting policy: Income from grants is recognised gross when notification of approval is received and treated as unrestricted unless they are specifically restricted by the donor
Financial · Procedural statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 22
The charity has been wound down in a planned voluntary manner.
These financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis. These are the final accounts and therefore it is no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis
Operational · Observational claim · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 20
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies
Governance · Procedural statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 18
The Trustees are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and preventing fraud.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities
Governance · Procedural statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 16
The financial statements must be prepared on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to do so.
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business
Governance · Procedural statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 16
The Trustees are responsible for preparing financial statements that give a true and fair view of the company's affairs.
Company law requires Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company
Governance · Procedural statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 16
CCA's remaining assets were donated to other charities and local schools.
CCA’s remaining IT equipment has been donated to charity Cambridge Online, music equipment to charity Noise Solutions and art materials to local primary schools
Financial · Procedural statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 13
CCA's financial sustainability efforts were unsuccessful, leading to the decision to close.
Efforts to secure longer-term funding and trial diversified income streams were unsuccessful and the financial sustainability of the organisation remained a significant challenge
Financial · Risk statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 13
CCA's courses significantly improved the well-being of participants.
Data from the Short Warwick & Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale showed a statistically significant positive increase in wellbeing
Service · Metric statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 11
82% of learners reported improved art-form skills after participating in CCA courses.
82%reported improved art-form skills (23/24: 89%, 22/23: 83%)
Service · Metric statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 11
63% of learners took courses to improve their mental well-being.
63% of learners included improving mental wellbeing as a top reason for taking a course
Service · Metric statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 10
73% of course participants have a mental health condition.
Of the 24-25 cohort, 73% had a mental health condition
Service · Metric statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 10
Creative Fenland's courses have a high retention rate of 89.8%.
Overall retention of learners was 89.8%
Service · Metric statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 10
The University of Cambridge Public Engagement supports Creative Fenland's empowerment initiatives.
We have recognised the work of Creative Fenland over the past six years and will continue to support the further development of empowering communities through creativity across the district
Commissioning · Stakeholder position · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 9
Creative Fenland's Untold Stories project fosters community connections and partnerships.
Through their Untold Stories project, they fostered new community connections and partnerships
Service · Policy statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 9
Creative Fenland collaborates with marginalized communities to provide inclusive creative experiences.
they work thoughtfully with marginalized communities to provide opportunities for individuals to explore their creativity and ideas in an inclusive and accessible way
Service · Policy statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 9
Cambridge Community Arts provided various creative arts courses for adults at risk of social exclusion.
CCA ran the following programme of creative arts activities for adults at risk of social exclusion in a variety of community centres across Cambridge and Fenland: 9 x 8-week (in-person) courses, 8 x 8-week (live online) courses, and 7 x 4 week courses.
Service · Policy statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 5
Next Steps Coaching helped participants with health conditions to find volunteer roles or training opportunities.
All participants were on a low income and 26 of the 30 also had a health condition. 5 had a physical health condition, 16 a mental health condition and 5 both a mental and physical condition. All participants were over the age of 19 and 10 were over the age of 60.
Service · Policy statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 6
Cambridge Community Arts provided Next Steps Coaching to unemployed or economically inactive residents.
Funding from Cambridge City Council, which commenced in April 2024 and concluded in April 2025, provided individual coaching for 30 unemployed or economically inactive city residents. The Next Steps coaching targeted learners who are nearing the completion of CCA creative courses and provided opportunities for them to think about how they can continue to build their confidence and develop their skills, towards volunteering and even employment.
Service · Policy statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 6
Creative Fenland activities were designed to reach those with mental health conditions, anxiety or depression.
The highest instances of loneliness are linked to poor health and/or unemployment and/or ageing, and through the design of our inclusive enrolment approach, those with additional needs were supported, we were able to reach those with a range of challenges including mental health conditions, anxiety or depression, physical health condition, disability affecting mobility and sensory impairments.
Service · Policy statement · From Cambridge Community Arts — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 8