THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II COMMONWEALTH TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£751K
-15.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£721K
-11.2% vs 2024
Employees
1
-85.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£494,138 | -£91,029 | |
| Cash | £884,646 | £750,536 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £812,397 | £721,368 | |
| Net assets | £812,397 | £721,368 | |
| Equity | £812,397 | £721,368 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 1 | |
| Wages | £362,619 | £73,029 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £290 | £0 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-15.2%
£884,646 £750,536
-
Net assets
-11.2%
£812,397 £721,368
-
Employees
-85.7%
7 1
-
Wages
-79.9%
£362,619 £73,029
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.8% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 10.21x | 24.31x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II COMMONWEALTH TRUST 2025-06-09 → present
- THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH TRUST 2016-11-16 → 2025-06-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The key risk to financial sustainability continues to be the challenging fundraising environment. As a result of an exceptional donation from The Queen's Trust in March 2019, the Charity still holds sufficient reserves to continue as a network-focused organisation.”
Significant events
- “Looking ahead, our 2025–26 fundraising strategy will focus on securing dedicated support for two cornerstone initiatives: the 100 Young Leaders Awards, commemorating what would have been Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 100th birthday, and the expansion of our microgrants programme for QECT Young Leaders.”
- “In April 2026, in honour of what would have been Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 100th birthday, QECT will launch a special Commonwealth-wide recognition campaign.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Julie | Secretary | 2024-07-14 | — | — |
| ANDREWS, Jonathan James | Director | 2025-07-03 | Feb 1994 | British |
| BALL, Stephen Quentin | Director | 2020-05-07 | Jan 1958 | British |
| KOTECHA, Ameer | Director | 2023-06-29 | Oct 1991 | British |
| WILKINSON, Janette Carole | Director | 2019-05-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Aneeta | Director | 2020-08-03 | Jan 1970 | Malaysian |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Helen June | Secretary | 2022-07-21 | 2024-07-14 |
| HOTOPF, Arnold William | Secretary | 2018-05-22 | 2019-07-25 |
| KELLY, Christopher Michael John | Secretary | 2019-07-25 | 2022-07-21 |
| TYRRELL, Gerrard | Secretary | 2016-11-16 | 2018-05-22 |
| ALIM, Abdullahi Mohamoud | Director | 2020-07-09 | 2025-01-22 |
| COHEN, Samantha | Director | 2016-11-16 | 2025-11-17 |
| COOMBE, Christopher Brian | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2020-03-19 |
| FERRAR, Leslie Jane | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2020-12-18 |
| GEIDT, Christopher Edward Wollaston Mackenzie, The Rt Hon Sir | Director | 2016-11-16 | 2023-01-26 |
| GOOD, Diana Frances | Director | 2018-06-16 | 2020-04-07 |
| GREVEMBERG, David Carroll | Director | 2016-11-16 | 2017-02-13 |
| JARRETT, Chrisann Suzanne | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2022-03-02 |
| LAKE, Charles Michael | Director | 2016-11-16 | 2017-02-21 |
| LANE FOX, Martha, Baroness | Director | 2018-05-30 | 2021-05-19 |
| RAVINDRAN, Deepak | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2024-10-14 |
| WILSON, Marie Louise | Director | 2017-11-21 | 2018-05-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-09 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-06-09 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2025-06-09 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2025-06-09 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-06-09 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-06-09 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2025-06-09 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.