The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust

Analysis

The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10482169). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust reported income of £243k and spending of £334k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £796k to £243k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 168% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stanton Ballard Charitable Trust (£242k), Horace Taylor Trust (£243k) and Home-Start Cambridgeshire (£242k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.