QUEEN'S WALK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO

Registered charity 1171472 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as QUEEN'S WALK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO

Queens Walk Community Centre sits at the centre of the Meadows area of Nottingham. Over 40 different community groups and societies use the centre for regular activities including disability, youth and faith groups. QWCA celebrates the diversity of its user groups - a truly inclusive community facility.QWCC also hosts 3 independent charities providing services to the community and beyond

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE MEADOWS AREA OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£116k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £52,356, exceeding the trustees' preferred minimum of £25,000. However, the trustees report significant uncertainty regarding the medium- and long-term financial position due to unclear local authority plans for the building and the risk of running out of money.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £25,000 (reserves figure: £52k)
“We have no specific policy on reserves, however we like to retain a minimum of £25,000.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“In the long term because the local authority’s plans for the building are still not clear we cannot be happy about the medium- or long-term financial position.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Stenneth Gordon received wages for his work as the Bar Manager totalling £1,898 during the financial year.
“Stenneth Gordon received wages for his work as the Bar Manager totalling £1,898 during the financial year.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £3,550 — grants £3,550 (1); 3% of the £116,026 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £5,582 — grants £5,582 (1); 6% of the £86,918 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £6,459 — grants £6,459 (1); 7% of the £88,996 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 08/02/2024, 8 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£116k£103k
31/03/2024£87k£95k
31/03/2023£89k£119k
31/03/2022£78k£63k
31/03/2021£32k£54k

Common questions

Is QUEEN'S WALK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £52,356, exceeding the trustees' preferred minimum of £25,000. However, the trustees report significant uncertainty regarding the medium- and long-term financial position due to unclear local authority plans for the building and the risk of running out of money. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds QUEEN'S WALK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QUEEN'S WALK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO as a grant recipient include Advance Nottingham.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Advance NottinghamFY2023amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2019£4kCommunity Social Improvement

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 QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
QUEEN'S WALK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO£116k—0above—noted
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE MEADS COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST FY2025£32k—0above—no doubt
QUEEN'S PARK COMMUNITY ORGANISATION FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt
THE QUEENSBURY COMMUNITY PROGRAMME LIMITED FY2025£117k—0above—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM WOMEN'S CENTRE LIMITED FY2026£1.4m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt

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