DOVECOT AND PRINCESS DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1064490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DRIVE · filing overdue (register status)

Education/TrainingProvide social activities for the elderlyEncourage local people to give ideas for local communityEncourage other groups to use the premisesProvide services for community benefit to disadvantaged groups

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income

£210k

Latest spending

£214k

Registered

1997

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Charity Commission inquiry

The Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into the Dovecot and Princess Drive Community Association due to concerns regarding misconduct, mismanagement, and the inability to confirm current trustees. As a protective measure, the regulator froze the charity's bank accounts while the inquiry examines governance, financial losses, and compliance issues.

The provided text is a press release announcing the opening of an inquiry, not the final regulatory case report. Therefore, specific verified findings with exact quotes from a concluded investigation are not present in the source text. The following points reflect the regulator's stated concerns and scope as described in the announcement.

“The regulator’s initial investigations have been unable to confirm who, if anyone, is currently acting as a trustee of the charity.”

This quote reflects the financial concern cited as a protective measure.

“Information obtained by the Commission through its regulatory compliance work suggests the charity’s property may be at risk.”

This quote details the protective action taken by the regulator.

“As a protective measure, the regulator has also frozen the charity’s bank accounts due to financial and governance concerns.”

Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	—	—
31/03/2024	£210k	£214k
31/03/2023	£135k	£160k
31/03/2022	£145k	£151k
30/09/2020	£64k	£12k

Common questions

Who funds DOVECOT AND PRINCESS DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DOVECOT AND PRINCESS DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Round Three - Food Poverty

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/03/2023	£10k	Community coronation celebration
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/04/2022	£9k	Queen's Jubilee Party
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/03/2022	£33k	Creative Coast: Arts and Music for the Jubilee in Liverpool
UK government	17/07/2020	£8k	VSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/05/2020	£10k	Covid Emergency Response
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2016	£10k	Moving Yew Tree/Stockbridge Out of Poverty
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/09/2009	£10k	Dovecot Social Learning
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/02/2005	£793	"Dovecot And Princess Drive Community Association In Liverpool Have Been Awarded A Grant To Enable Them To Hold A Special 60th Anniversary Of"
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/01/2005	£5k	A point in Time