QUEEN MOTHER'S CLOTHING GUILD

Registered charity 211764 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7270476 · Wikipedia · also known as QUEEN MARY'S CLOTHING GUILD

QMCG buys and sources new clothing, sleeping bags and linen and distributes these items once a year to British charities, operating only in the United Kingdom, to help vulnerable and homeless people.

Objects

TO DISTRIBUTE CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD LINEN, OR ANY ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR THE SICK AND NEEDY, AMONG THE NON-STATE AIDED CHARITIES, NURSING INSTITUTIONS, PARISHES, MISSIONS AND POOR GENTLEFOLK IN LONDON.

Area of benefit: LONDON

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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Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£98k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £97,642 while total payments were £88,451, resulting in a modest operational surplus. The charity reports that its financial position remains stable, allowing it to plan and deliver its work with confidence.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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)

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 100

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 100

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Diana Barbara Dix
Henrietta Matilda Woodford
Louise Claire Myers
Mary Elizabeth Guppy
Sallie Fiona Hawkins
Sarah Margaret Julia Knight
Sharon Louise Stewart

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£98k	£88k
31/12/2024	£95k	£94k
31/12/2023	£88k	£84k
31/12/2022	£148k	£109k
31/12/2021	£63k	£66k

Common questions

Is QUEEN MOTHER'S CLOTHING GUILD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £97,642 while total payments were £88,451, resulting in a modest operational surplus. The charity reports that its financial position remains stable, allowing it to plan and deliver its work with confidence. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds QUEEN MOTHER'S CLOTHING GUILD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QUEEN MOTHER'S CLOTHING GUILD as a grant recipient include DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST, COLONEL W H WHITBREAD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£10k	Source and purchase items of clothing and bedding
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2022	£10k	Clothing and bedding for donation
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Health and Welfare
COLONEL W H WHITBREAD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Grants, Other

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
PARACLETOS	1	£60k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	1	£18k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT ANDREW AND SAINT MARK, SURBITON	1	£15k
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO	1	£10k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, KINGSTON HILL	1	£7k
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGSTON CHURCHES ACTION ON HOMELESSNESS.

KINGSTON CHURCHES ACTION ON HOMELESSNESS income £1.2m
CLOTHING COVENTRY income £193k
KINGDOM CENTRAL income £99k
COMMUNITY KITCHEN (MANCHESTER) LTD income £114k
CAMBRIDGE RE-USE income £180k
BUDGET CLOTHING AND A HELPING HAND income £90k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
QUEEN MOTHER'S CLOTHING GUILD	£98k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGSTON CHURCHES ACTION ON HOMELESSNESS FY2025	£1.2m	£60,000 - £65,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
CLOTHING COVENTRY FY2025	£193k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGDOM CENTRAL FY2025	£99k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY KITCHEN (MANCHESTER) LTD FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE RE-USE FY2025	£180k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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