QE2 ACTIVITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1165893 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

QE2 Activity centre provides adventure activity sessions, including canoeing, climbing, archery and bushcraft for people with disabilities.QE2 Activity Centre runs a day service for adults with learning disabilities, promoting the development of independent living and work skills.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£724k
Latest spending
£648k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £75,616 for the year ending 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £723,815 against total expenditure of £648,199. The trustees report indicates the charity is investing in improvements and staff training, with services operating near full capacity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — QE2 Activity Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£726k
Total spending
£648k
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£324k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£724k£648k
31/03/2024£596k£641k
31/03/2023£545k£502k
31/03/2022£465k£416k
31/03/2021£342k£353k

Common questions

Is QE2 ACTIVITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £75,616 for the year ending 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £723,815 against total expenditure of £648,199. The trustees report indicates the charity is investing in improvements and staff training, with services operating near full capacity.

Who funds QE2 ACTIVITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QE2 ACTIVITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RICHARD KIRKMAN TRUST, THE SHIPWRIGHTS CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£7k
THE RICHARD KIRKMAN TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE RICHARD KIRKMAN TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE RICHARD KIRKMAN TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE SHIPWRIGHTS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England05/09/2012£45kRaising the Roof' Diamond Jubilee appeal

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 ESSA WATER ACTIVITIES CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
QE2 ACTIVITY CENTRE£724k—0unclear—no doubt
ESSA WATER ACTIVITIES CENTRE FY2024£185k—0unclear—no doubt
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FOUNDATION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE FY2024£12.4m——above—no doubt
CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
ALTERNATIVES ACTIVITY CENTRE FY2025£440k—0unclear—no doubt

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