QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1096655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY CENTRE (QCCC)

We provide facilities & services to disadvantaged people across 5 community facilities. Core activities include: Apprenticeship and job training opportunities, remedial education services, English classes (ESOL), cook & eat, healthy living programme, youth club, nursery, older people services, keep fit class, gym, under 5's drop in, universal youth provision, sports, IT training & DBS services.

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,686,960, which is above the charity's stated policy target of approximately £1.5m. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of working capital, or approximately £1.5m of anticipated annual income (held: £1.7m)
“provides a modest surplus above the organisation’s reserves policy, which sets a minimum threshold equivalent to 12 months of working capital, or approximately £1.5m of anticipated annual income.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Key management personnel (including directors) received remuneration
“Key management personnel (including directors) received remuneration of £151,748 (2024: £114,124)” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hamilton Coopers. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Queen's Crescent Community Association (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£232k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
49

Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (66% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.0m

Common questions

Is QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,686,960, which is above the charity's stated policy target of approximately £1.5m. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hamilton Coopers.

Who funds QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION, THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£27kGrants to institutions
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUSTFY2023£15kto scale up its foodbank, Lifelines advice and advocacy services

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company04/12/2024£100kGrant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
Sport England25/10/2024£11kHealthy Families Program
London Borough of Camden21/02/2024£700kGrant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
Camden Council21/02/2024£700kGrant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
The Mercers' Company01/12/2021£93kGrant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
City Bridge Foundation26/07/2021£109kGrant to Queens Crescent Community Association (QCCA)
Camden Giving05/05/2021£10kQCCA (Queen's Crescent Community Association)
UK government19/08/2020£100kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Camden Giving24/06/2020£10kQCCA (Queen's Crescent Community Association)
Camden Giving08/06/2020£5kQCCA (Queen's Crescent Community Association)
Thrive LDN16/03/2020£10kZenW5 - a safe space for BAME and migrant women in NW5 4QE
Camden Giving15/07/2019£2kQCCA (Queen's Crescent Community Association)
Camden Giving11/07/2019£1kQCCA (Queen's Crescent Community Association)
City Bridge Foundation27/07/2017£154kGrant to Queens Crescent Community Association (QCCA)
Greater London Authority04/02/2015£1kGrant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2013£105kOlder People's Heathy Living Project
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£10kQueen's Crescent Market
City Bridge Foundation22/01/2009£64kGrant to Queens Crescent Community Association (QCCA)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE QUEENSBURY COMMUNITY PROGRAMME LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE QUEENSBURY COMMUNITY PROGRAMME LIMITED FY2025£117k—0above—no doubt
CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£258k—0within—no doubt
UMQ COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
ENFIELD SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
BROWNHILLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£952k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.