THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH TRUST

Charity number: 1172107
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Queen's Commonwealth Trust champions, funds and connects young leaders who are working hard to change the world. We share their stories, give them a platform to amplify their ideas, and inspire others to join in.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£803,558

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Donations and legacies £773.46k
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £0
Investments £30.09k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£1,320,316

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Raising funds £253.37k
Charitable activities £1.07m
Other £0

£22,619 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £253.37k
Charitable expenditure £1.07m

People

7 Employee(s)

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 1
£80k to £90k 1
£90k to £100k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Antigua And Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Botswana
  • Brunei
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cyprus
  • Dominica
  • Eswatini
  • Fiji
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • India
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Vincent
  • Samoa
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • St Kitts And Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • Tanzania
  • The Bahamas
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad And Tobago
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 March 2017: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • QCT (Working name)
Company number:
10482169 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Stephen Ball Chair 26 January 2023
None on record
Ameer Kotecha Trustee 29 June 2023
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION INDUSTRIES LTD.
Received: On time
Aneeta Williams Trustee 03 August 2020
BROMLEY THIRD SECTOR ENTERPRISE CIO
Received: On time
Janette Carole Wilkinson Trustee 01 May 2019
None on record
Samantha Cohen Trustee 16 November 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £796.76k £796.11k £980.23k £1.06m £803.56k
Total expenditure £1.45m £1.53m £1.69m £1.65m £1.32m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £641.53k £761.82k £946.77k £1.03m £773.46k
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £141.00k £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £14.23k £34.29k £33.46k £35.73k £30.09k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.19m £1.22m £1.38m £1.34m £1.07m
Expenditure - Raising funds £259.60k £304.08k £304.24k £311.58k £253.37k
Expenditure - Governance £74.63k £103.70k £102.59k £135.72k £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £340.87k £415.99k £397.19k £318.75k £50.00k
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £2.22k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Long-term investments £1.86m £2.34m £2.36m £1.53m £0
Other assets £1.86m £677.01k £90.95k £201.76k £900.61k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £426.24k £247.96k £399.65k £426.12k £88.21k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 21 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 21 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 26 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 26 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 04 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 04 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 10 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 10 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 25 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 25 November 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 NOV 2016

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY (IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION) DETERMINE.

Contact information

Address:
Thomas House
84 Eccleston Square
London
SW1V 1PX
Phone:
07470877632
Email:
info@queenscommonwealthtrust.org.uk
Website:

queenscommonwealthtrust.org