Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 16

QUEEN ALEXANDRA COLLEGE

Queen Alexandra College is a national charity for people who are vision impaired and/or have other disabilities. We offer a wide choice of qualifications as well as training in independent living skills and work preparation programmes. Our experienced staff includes mobility officers, speech and language therapists, nurses, counsellors, personal tutors, key workers and a benefits officer.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23		£15,501	£15,618	£-117	£735	£12,883	£11,739	9	442	13
31/07/22		£14,500	£14,114	£387	£540	£13,041	£11,786	10	423	11
31/07/21	*	£12,590	£12,444	£146	£429	£12,823	£11,560	11.1	344	11
31/07/20		£12,780	£12,113	£666	£448	£12,251	£10,996	10.9	333	20
31/07/19?	*	£12,003	£11,602	£401	£574	£11,685	£10,476	10.8	314	5
31/08/18		£11,787	£11,651	£136	£69	£11,193	£9,702	10	304	0
31/08/17		£10,225	£10,296	£-70	£742	£10,986	£9,401	11	371	0
31/08/16	*	£10,239	£9,929	£309	£802	£10,862	£9,172	11.1	242	0
31/08/15		£9,805	£9,950	£-145	£796	£10,400	£5,025	6.1	244	0
31/08/14		£10,912	£10,164	£748	£814	£10,558	£5,071	6	257	0
31/08/13		£10,517	£8,916	£1,602	£658	£9,699	£5,019	6.8	212	0
31/08/12		£8,008	£7,893	£115	£608	£7,922	£4,846	7.4	200	0
31/08/11		£7,725	£7,260	£464	£570	£7,773	£4,731	7.8	174	0
31/08/10		£6,867	£6,697	£170	£557	£7,309	£4,376	7.8	158	0
31/08/09		£7,182	£6,559	£622	£544	£7,139	£4,111	7.5	155	0
31/08/08		£6,892	£5,912	£980	£458	£6,516	£3,420	6.9	145	0
31/08/07		£6,177	£5,570	£607	£469	£5,537	£2,442	5.3	138	0
31/08/06		£6,558	£5,222	£1,336	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05		£5,217	£5,318	£-101	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04		£5,262	£4,989	£273	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 27 years

www.qac.ac.uk

enquiries@qac.ac.uk

01214285022

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Clothworkers Foundation	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,307
Cheshire Community Foundation	£13,880
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - The Wellness Club - Get Creative, Get Active and Get Together
£8,880	24/11/2023 11	The grant is covering core costs, staff cost and a lunch for 20 people once a month. The project will target adults aged 50 plus with Autism and learning disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Urban Wilderness Changing Rooms
£9,550	25/02/2022	The funding will be used to provide an accessible changing area for young people with disabilities. The project aims to support them in their activities and increase their access to the outdoor ....more The funding will be used to provide an accessible changing area for young people with disabilities. The project aims to support them in their activities and increase their access to the outdoor learning space and will be open to other groups.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	05/11/2021	Community Services Hub Development
National Lottery Community Fund - Holiday Activities for All
£9,757	18/12/2020 6	The group will use the funding to provide holiday activities for young people living with disabilities. This will help to reduce social isolation and improve the mental health and wellbeing of these ....more The group will use the funding to provide holiday activities for young people living with disabilities. This will help to reduce social isolation and improve the mental health and wellbeing of these young people.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Let's Get Jammin'
£5,000	12/11/2020	Queen Alexandra College is a specialist college and registered charity, supporting young people with disabilities. The project will develop and deliver a community based music provision, offering ....more Queen Alexandra College is a specialist college and registered charity, supporting young people with disabilities. The project will develop and deliver a community based music provision, offering group and individual music sessions specifically for young people with disabilities in the West Midlands area. The grant will be used to pay for a music facilitator to deliver music sessions within the community, over three 12-week blocks, to around 60 young people, along with the delivery of a 3-day 'music camp' during the holiday. The project will open up opportunities to get involved with music, and be creative, which are often inaccessible to people with disabilities - due to lack of understanding, accessibility, support etc. Personal impacts will include skills development, confidence and social interaction.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Queen Alexandra College
£25,000	05/11/2019	conversion of a building into classroom spaces for a charity which works with people with disabilities nationally
National Lottery Community Fund - Mindful Behaviour Management
£8,968	26/10/2018 12	This funding will be used to deliver yoga and outdoor activity classes to students, aiming to promote independence, mental health and wellbeing among students.
National Lottery Community Fund - QAC Radio
£10,000	04/07/2013 12	This is a project by a charity in Birmingham. The group will use the funding to develop a college community radio station to be run by students who are living with a range of disabilities. This will ....more This is a project by a charity in Birmingham. The group will use the funding to develop a college community radio station to be run by students who are living with a range of disabilities. This will enable the beneficiaries to develop a range of skills and provide them with an outlet to promote and report on college events and activities.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Queen Alexandra College (QAC)
£2,500	17/10/2011	Purchase of equipment for performing arts

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-82

BEVERLEY LESLEY JESSOP Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive And Principal

CHRISTOPHER JAMES GAFFNEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Centre Manager

DR EWAN HAMNETT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Gp

EUGENIE ROSEMARY ADAMS OBE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Head Teacher & Educational Inspector

JEREMY ROBIN WOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JULIE REED Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Clinical Psychologist

KIMBERLEY ELIZABETH TIERNEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Residential Services Manager

MARK JOCELYN ABRAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

NARESH KUMAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Student Support Officer

PAVAN PATEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Banker

RICHARD DUNCAN PERCIVAL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

SHERVJEET GARCHA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Disability Support Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/11/1997, number: 1065794
Registered at Companies House on 17/06/1997, number: 03387540

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR21: 7 days late, AR19: 24 days late, AR16: 1 days late,

Main office

QUEEN ALEXANDRA COLLEGE
49 COURT OAK ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B17 9TG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. TO PROVIDE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED