THE QUEEN ALEXANDRA COTTAGE HOMES

Registered charity 209208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Provision of a range of accommodation and support to local older people which is designed to enable them to live as full and independent a life as possible

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Latest income

£2.5m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £125,008 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £1,707,181. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. The charity holds unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately three to six months of expenditure, consistent with its stated reserves policy.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £1.7m)

“It is the policy of the trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by James Todd and Co Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

The Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into The Queen Alexandra Cottage Homes on 26 July 2023 due to the charity's failure to file annual accounting information for four years. The report states that the inquiry will examine trustee compliance with legal duties, financial management, and whether any failings resulted from misconduct or mismanagement. No final outcome or specific regulatory action taken has been reported, as the inquiry was ongoing at the time of publication.

Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Peter Buckland — General Manager (source)
Sophie Spring — General Manager (source)
Beth Villegas — Registered Manager (source)
Reynaldo Eclarinal — Head of Nursing (source)
Kathy Berlanga — Quality & Compliance Manager (source)
Yvonne Brearley — Catering Manager (source)
Lisa Guy — Domestic Supervisor (source)
Leah Hoey — Resident Activities Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

CQC provider record: The Trustees of Queen Alexandra Cottage Homes — Registered, 1 registered location, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 22/01/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income

£2.5m

Total spending

£2.6m

Reserves (reported)

£4k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

IAN MICHAEL ALEXANDER STEWART · trustee of 4 other charities
Neil Derek Rogers
PETER AUSTIN

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.5m	£2.6m
31/03/2024	£2.3m	£2.4m
31/03/2023	£2.2m	£2.2m
31/03/2022	£2.1m	£2.2m
31/03/2021	£2.1m	£2.3m

Common questions

Is THE QUEEN ALEXANDRA COTTAGE HOMES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £125,008 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £1,707,181. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. The charity holds unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately three to six months of expenditure, consistent with its stated reserves policy. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by James Todd and Co Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MASONIC SAMARITAN FUND	1	£6.9m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALEXANDRA HOMES.

THE ALEXANDRA HOMES income £220k
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S HOUSE ASSOCIATION income £1.5m
QUEBEC HALL LIMITED income £1.2m
BAXENDALE CARE HOME income £2.7m
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION CARE COMPANY income £64.6m
SUTTON AND CHEAM ELDERLY PEOPLE'S HOUSING ASSOCIATION income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE QUEEN ALEXANDRA COTTAGE HOMES	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALEXANDRA HOMES FY2025	£220k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S HOUSE ASSOCIATION FY2024	£1.5m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
QUEBEC HALL LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BAXENDALE CARE HOME FY2025	£2.7m	more than £60,000	1	within	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION CARE COMPANY FY2025	£64.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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