Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

    Q CHARITABLE TRUST

    Trust is open to applications. Please submit your application to https://funding.ludlowtrust.com
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income
    • There has been strong growth in spending since inception

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity only provides its support via other charities
    • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £307,494 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
    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
    31/12/23£1,676£930£746£0£37,361£-307-400
    31/12/22£1,389£773£615£0£33,270£-1,256-19.500
    31/12/21?£1,974£4,285£-2,311£0£38,529£-2,006-5.600
    17/09/20*£285£270£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 1%
    Liabilities/Income: 25%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -1%
    Reserves/Spending: -4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.7
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 5 years

    https://qctrust.org/

    charitabletrusts@ludlowtrust.com

    0117 313 8200

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Grant-making foundations
    How it operates
    • Makes grants to organisations
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (3)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • ALEXIA JANE QUIN Appointed: 2019
    • JONATHAN ROGER AITKEN QUIN Appointed: 2019
    • LUDLOW TRUST COMPANY LTD Appointed: 2021
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/12/2019, number: 1186920
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • 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
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR20: 17 days late,
    Main office

    Ludlow Trust Co Ltd
    Tower Wharf
    Cheese Lane
    BRISTOL
    BS2 0JJ

    Objectives

    THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (OBJECTS) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales

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