QUEENSBURY SUPPORT CENTRE

Registered charity 1172579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Centre provides day care, on three days per week, for residents within the Queensbury area who, because of age and infirmity, would not have any social contact with their neighbours. Refreshments are provided throughout the day including a hot mid-day meal. A full programme of activities, entertainments and trips are organised with support given to ensure no-one is excluded.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING IN QUEENSBURY, BRADFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DAY CARE FACILITIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE OR INFIRMITY FOR THE CARE, RECREATION AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with free unrestricted reserves of £23,498, which is above its agreed policy target of £15,000. The net payments for the year were a deficit of £8,871, funded by existing reserves. The independent examiner noted a governance concern regarding the employment of a trustee's son without prior regulatory permission, though this was not deemed deliberate.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA HOLMES
• JOAN SHEPHERD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Madeline Anne Canavan
• PATRICK SHERRY
• Wendy Clegg

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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