QUEEN'S PARK COMMUNITY ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1199226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as QUEEN'S PARK COMMUNITY ORCHARD

We are a grassroots organisation operating in Bedford. We work to address social exclusion due to isolation. We also relieve poverty, develop the capacity and skills of socially and economically disadvantaged people and provide recreation and leisure activities to help people integrate, participate and improve their life conditions.

Objects

OUR FOUR OBJECTS ARE:1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.2. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF BEDFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATION WITH 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 OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.4. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £3,190 for the year, resulting in total funds of £71,733. The accounts state that all resources derive from continuing activities, indicating no immediate threat to going concern. However, unrestricted funds are negative (-£3,222), suggesting a reliance on restricted funds to maintain overall solvency.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Bedfordshire Charitable Trust — “Proudly supported by the Bedfordshire Charitable Trust and The Connolly Foundation UK.” (source page)
• The Connolly Foundation UK — “Proudly supported by the Bedfordshire Charitable Trust and The Connolly Foundation UK.” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• eric masihchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Aysha Magre · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Jane Phelan
• Jennifer Foley

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £1.8m
• THE QUEENSBURY COMMUNITY PROGRAMME LIMITED income £117k
• QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £26k
• NETHERTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £459k
• QUEENS PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTFA income £45k
• STROUDEN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £56k

Side by side with its peers

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