01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 13 November 1997
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03387540
- Financial period
- 1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025
- Latest income
- £17,891,073
- Latest expenditure
- £17,410,180
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: QUEEN ALEXANDRA CHARITY, 49 COURT OAK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9TG
Website recorded by the regulator: www.qac.ac.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
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.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 May 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £17,891,073
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,410,180
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 May 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £16,423,695
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,658,759
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 May 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £15,501,354
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,617,946
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 May 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £14,500,362
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,113,505
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 June 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £12,590,303
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,444,230
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 22 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £17,891,073
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,410,180
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 86
- Count Govt Grants
- £4
- Income From Government Contracts
- 14956761
- Income From Government Grants
- £573,244
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £16,423,695
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,658,759
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 97
- Count Govt Grants
- £4
- Income From Government Contracts
- 13606777
- Income From Government Grants
- £507,196
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 4
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 29 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £15,501,354
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,617,946
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 85
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 13552976
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 13
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 17 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £14,500,362
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,113,505
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 81
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Income From Government Contracts
- 12693002
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 11
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 7 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £12,590,303
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,444,230
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 23
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Income From Government Contracts
- 11039848
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 11
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 22 May 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 832521
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1451362
- Income Charitable Activities
- 15530005
- Income Investments
- 77185
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 17891073
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £868,794
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £16,529,610
- Expenditure Other
- 11776
- Expenditure Total
- 17410180
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 12811
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 133499
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 3373463
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 637417
- Gain Loss Investment
- 196577
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,597,616
- Assets Total Fixed
- 11084327
- Assets Own Use
- 8312785
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2771542
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,516,543
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,989,447
- Assets Current Investment
- 103944
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £13,611,423
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1989447
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,847,870
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 12610937
- Funds Restricted
- 1000486
- Funds Total
- 13611423
- Count Employees
- 438
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 May 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 822182
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 987745
- Income Charitable Activities
- 14534694
- Income Investments
- 79074
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 16423695
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £865,023
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £15,793,736
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 16658759
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 13170
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 140703
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 3083134
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 74370
- Gain Loss Investment
- 286502
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,700,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 11168669
- Assets Own Use
- 8132580
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3036089
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,610,101
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,844,817
- Assets Current Investment
- 79502
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £12,933,953
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1844817
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,133,209
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11939919
- Funds Restricted
- 994034
- Funds Total
- 12933953
- Count Employees
- 451
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 29 May 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 925479
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 859253
- Income Charitable Activities
- 13641024
- Income Investments
- 75598
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 15501354
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £747,842
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £14,870,104
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 15617946
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 12373
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 126003
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2791552
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 539585
- Gain Loss Investment
- -42324
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £12,882,515
- Assets Total Fixed
- 10427495
- Assets Own Use
- 7741908
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2685587
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,089,005
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,633,985
- Assets Current Investment
- 1079789
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £12,882,515
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1633985
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,173,694
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11738723
- Funds Restricted
- 1143792
- Funds Total
- 12882515
- Count Employees
- 442
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 17 May 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 796116
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 686806
- Income Charitable Activities
- 12957400
- Income Investments
- 60040
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 14500362
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £552,812
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £13,560,693
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 14113505
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 13132
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 104921
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2501690
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 543118
- Gain Loss Investment
- -168736
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £13,041,431
- Assets Total Fixed
- 10147636
- Assets Own Use
- 7528354
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2619282
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,728,255
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,834,460
- Assets Current Investment
- 1129948
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £13,041,431
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1834460
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,298,806
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11785519
- Funds Restricted
- 1255912
- Funds Total
- 13041431
- Count Employees
- 423
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 7 June 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 822675
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 520073
- Income Charitable Activities
- 11198965
- Income Investments
- 48590
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 12590303
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £440,563
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £12,003,667
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 12444230
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 11626
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 95984
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2249154
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 535354
- Gain Loss Investment
- 426455
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,511,283
- Assets Total Fixed
- 10054169
- Assets Own Use
- 7314747
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2739422
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,358,281
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,589,140
- Assets Current Investment
- 1132941
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £12,823,310
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1589140
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,924,024
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11559772
- Funds Restricted
- 1263538
- Funds Total
- 12823310
- Count Employees
- 344
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- QUEEN ALEXANDRA COLLEGE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1997-11-13T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 JUNE 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 29 SEPTEMBER 1997 AND 13 JULY 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 6 DECEMBER 1999.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 JAN 2018 as amended on 06 Dec 2021
- Charitable Objects
- 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.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 420061
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- QAC
11 Official extract
Charity Other Regulators
- Regulator Order
- 2
- Regulator Name
- Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
- Regulator Order
- 1
- Regulator Name
- Care Quality Commission
12 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures