Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

We provide facilities & services to disadvantaged people across 5 community facilities. Core activities include: Apprenticeship and job training opportunities, remedial education services, English classes (ESOL), cook & eat, healthy living programme, youth club, nursery, older people services, keep fit class, gym, under 5's drop in, universal youth provision, sports, IT training & DBS services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 21 years

www.qcca.org.uk

foyezur@qcca.org.uk

02072676635

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,446£1,197£249£344£1,219£1,06410.73860
31/03/22£1,306£1,098£207£354£970£7628.34285
31/03/21£1,419£1,048£371£300£763£5746.63975
31/03/20£1,173£1,057£116£281£392£3043.43955
31/03/19£1,070£1,066£3£229£276£2332.62646
31/03/18£1,021£956£66£225£272£2703.4230
31/03/17£962£994£-32£197£206£1892.3390
31/03/16£1,236£1,342£-105£0£238£2382.1370
31/03/15£1,453£1,504£-51£1,504£344£1871.5390
31/03/14£1,180£1,134£45£1,134£395£3733.9440
31/03/13£1,051£967£84£163£349£3404.2370
31/03/12£701£642£59£101£265£2655250
31/03/11£696£636£60£163£206£1432.7250
31/03/10£652£662£-10£7£146£1282.3220
31/03/09£456£458£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£385£376£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£328£314£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£298£290£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£329£321£8£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 78.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 28.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 10.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 38 employees
  • 60 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£109,000
DCMS£100,000
John Lyon's Charity£96,900
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£89,860
BBC Children in Need£45,317
The London Community Foundation£39,502
Masonic Trust£28,519
Camden Giving£24,967
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£3,000 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£89,860 01/12/2021
36
‘Forever Young: Covid Bounce-Back’ will increase our support to some of London’s poorest pensioners, fighting isolation, loneliness and poor health caused by Covid.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Queens Crescent Community Association (QCCA)
£109,000 26/07/2021
36
£109,000 over two further and final years (£42,000; £67,000) towards the Forever Young programme for older people, specifically a Project Coordinator (3 dpw in the first year and 35 hpw in the ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£28,519 26/05/2021
A grant to support older people in Camden through social groups and activities to improve mental and physical health and reduce isolation.
Camden Giving - QCCA (Queen's Crescent Community Association)
£10,000 05/05/2021
The Lot Productions
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£39,502 07/10/2020
This funding will pay some core costs for ‘Beyond C19’, a programme supporting one of London’s most vulnerable communities through what will be a difficult autumn/winter. ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£45,317 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This grant will fund an online youth and sports programme for BAME young people in low income families who are isolated and in poor physical health exacerbated by Covid-19. This will reduce ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 19/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Camden Giving - QCCA (Queen's Crescent Community Association)
£9,967 24/06/2020
This funding is for 50 computers and Udemy.com training sessions for 65 vulnerable young people. This project will give them training and support from mentors they already know, to prevent ....more
Camden Giving - QCCA (Queen's Crescent Community Association)
£5,000 08/06/2020
3
This project will support volunteers to deliver food that will be cooked by friendly restaurants.
Thrive LDN - ZenW5 - a safe space for BAME and migrant women in NW5 4QE
£9,862 16/03/2020
14. What is your project? (400 words) ‘ZenW5 – a safe space for BAME and migrant women’ - is a unique project. It tackles the fact that BAME, refugee and asylum-seeking women often live in ....more
Vision Foundation - Join In
£20,000 04/03/2020
To raise awareness of the importance of having eye tests and leading a healthy lifestyle as a way of preventing avoidable blindness. To enable blind and partially sighted people to exercise by giving ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£90,000 13/11/2019
36
QCCA Youth Service Manager
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£3,900 29/06/2019
12
QC Summer Programme
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£154,400 12/09/2018
36
towards three years' running costs, including the salaries a Chef and Driver, of a project providing a range of activities for older people experiencing loneliness and isolation in the London Borough ....more
London Catalyst - Queens Crescent Community Association - 1
£3,000 04/09/2018
Camden Nutrition Programme
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Queens Crescent Community Association (QCCA)
£153,900 27/07/2017
36
£153,900 over 3 years (£51,300; £50,600; £52,000) towards a full-time Project Coordinator, associated running costs and fitness sessions for an activity programme for older people aged 75+ living ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£117,662 14/06/2017
36
This project will provide youth clubs for children and young people living in economically deprived areas also experiencing issues such as crime and gang activity. Activities reduce social isolation, ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Queen's Crescent Community Association
£20,000 24/09/2013
Towards the business development manager salary and the associated costs of developing Queen's Crescent Community Market and providing training and employment opportunities for local unemployed ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Older People's Heathy Living Project
£105,000 14/03/2013
36
This project will continue and develop the existing service which supports older people living in Camden to remain independent through providing access to healthy living activities, advice services ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Queen's Crescent Market
£10,000 13/12/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in Camden. The group will use the funding to buy recycling compactors for the local community market. This will enable environmental improvements to the area and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-80
  • JAMES LYONS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Integration Director
  • JAMES WAITE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • LIVIA PAGGI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2003, number: 1096655
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/03/2002, number: 04393769
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 11 days late,
Main office

QUEEN'S CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSO..
45 ASHDOWN CRESCENT
LONDON
NW5 4QE

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE GOSPEL OAK AND GRAFTON WARDS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE BOUNDARIES OF PARK HILL ROAD, MANSFIELD ROAD, RODERICK ROAD, THE BOUNDARY LINE OF THE RAILWAY LINE, PRINCE OF WALES ROAD AND HAVERSTOCK HILL (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS 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 SAID INHABITANTS,(SEE ANNEXED PLAN FOR BOUNDARIES);2. TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS,3. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE INHABITANTS OF THE GOSPEL OAK AND GRAFTON WARDS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE BOUNDARIES OF (SEE OBJECTS FOR MORE DETAILS)

Data Sources

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