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The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust

Registered charity 1172107 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as QCT, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH TRUST

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Latest income
£243k
Latest spending
£334k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £91,029 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £812,397 to £721,368. The trustees consider the current unrestricted reserves of £698,475 to be sufficient, as they exceed the stated policy target of six to twelve months of annual costs (£90,000–£180,000). The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six and twelve months of annual costs (held: £698k)
“The Trustees consider that the level of unrestricted reserves should cover between six and twelve months of annual costs. Accordingly, this is estimated at between £90,000 and £180,000.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£804k
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£253k
Reserves (reported)
£783k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 31.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Antigua And Barbuda · Australia · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Botswana · Brunei · Cameroon · Canada · Cyprus · Dominica · Eswatini

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£243k£334k
31/03/2024£804k£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.6m
31/03/2022£980k£1.7m
31/03/2021£796k£1.5m

Common questions

Is The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £91,029 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £812,397 to £721,368. The trustees consider the current unrestricted reserves of £698,475 to be sufficient, as they exceed the stated policy target of six to twelve months of annual costs (£90,000–£180,000). The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust as a grant recipient include IGY FOUNDATION, THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY, GRAFF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IGY FOUNDATIONFY2023£560k
IGY FOUNDATIONFY2022£150k
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATIONFY2024£50kGrants for the advancement of education
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITYFY2022£5kCOVID-19 Emergency Grants
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITYFY2024£3kOther grants
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITYFY2023£3kOther grants
GRAFF FOUNDATIONFY2021£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST2£3.6m
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£1.7m
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST2£5k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£22.2m
THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£14.0m
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.7m
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION1£2.5m
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£1.6m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOLARSHIP TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust£243k—0unclear—no doubt
QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOLARSHIP TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PRINCESS ANNE'S CHARITIES FY2025£237k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KING'S TRUST FY2025£63.9m——unclear—no doubt
King Charles III Charitable Fund FY2025£8.4m——unclear—no doubt

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