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Registered charity · No. 1141890 · LeicesteriSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 25 October 2026.Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle data

Quetzal (aka The Quetzal Project)

Income
£270k
▼ 3.7% on 2024
Expenditure
£277k
▲ 2.4% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
7
3.8y av
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
30
▼ 40 volunteers on 2024
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Overview

Quetzal's network

7 people6 organisationsi7 listed on the board. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Quetzal. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.

The board

7 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Liz RyleyChair2020
6 yrs
Bushra AliTrustee2024
2 yrs
Carla Simone ThomasTrustee2025
1 yr
Fazeela PatelTrustee2016
10 yrs
Helen Louise OwenTrustee2025
1 yr
Nicola Paula HurleyTrustee2023
3 yrs
Richard Antony SeamanTrustee2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Board

The board

7 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Liz RyleyChair2020
6 yrs
Bushra AliTrustee2024
2 yrs
Carla Simone ThomasTrustee2025
1 yr
Fazeela PatelTrustee2016
10 yrs
Helen Louise OwenTrustee2025
1 yr
Nicola Paula HurleyTrustee2023
3 yrs
Richard Antony SeamanTrustee2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Sophie Wesson (2023-2025), Fern Kenney (2020-2022), Jan Bagley (2011-2014), Sandra Pearce (2008-2011), Sara O'Regan (2006-2007), Rachel Catherine Studley (2006-2008) and 1 more. Full officer list

Board DNA

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
3.4y
median 2y
Longest tenure
10y
since 2016
Years in governance
8.3y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
7
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
5
of 7 on the board

7 trustees on the board

Trustees past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement of Health or Saving of Lives 7Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1

Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Education 3Business services 2

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Network

Network

iThe large node is Quetzal. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.

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Finances

5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 March.

Income and expenditure

5 years · years end 31 MarchiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown: Totals
£0£100k£200k£300k20252024202320222021£269.87k£22.92k

Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Quetzal has not filed them in the years we hold, so only the totals and government income are shown.

Income and expenditure by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year20212022202320242025
Totals
Total income£236.59k£179.55k£222.96k£280.20k£269.87k
Total expenditure£158.25k£175.57k£208.47k£270.94k£277.33k
Government income
Government contractsNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Government grants£12.12k£22.92kNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Definitions
Total income
Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
Total expenditure
Everything the charity spent in the year.
Government contracts
Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
Government grants
Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
Donations and legacies
Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
Legacies
Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
Charitable activities (income)
Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
Other trading activities
Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
Investments
Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
Endowments
New endowment funds received in the year.
Charitable activities (expenditure)
Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
Raising funds
The cost of fundraising and trading.
Grants to institutions
Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
Governance
The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
Investment management
The cost of managing the charity's investments.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Assets, liabilities and funds

Detailed income, expenditure and assets are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Quetzal has not filed them in the years we hold, so there is no balance sheet to show.

Accounts and annual returns

Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.

Reporting up to date

Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.

Annual returns and accounts by financial year, newest first
Year endingDue byAnnual returnAccountsStatusDocuments
31 March 202531 January 202615 December 202515 December 2025On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 March 202431 January 20259 January 20259 January 2025On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 March 202331 January 202413 October 202313 October 2023On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 March 202231 January 20239 December 20229 December 2022On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 March 202131 January 202221 December 202121 December 2021On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF

Accounts filed at Companies House

Company 05319865 has made 20 accounts filings since 2007. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.

Accounts filed at Companies House, newest first
Made up toFiled onTypeDocument
31 March 202518 December 2025Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)11 pages
31 March 202421 October 2024Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages
31 March 202319 September 2023Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages
31 March 202221 December 2022Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)21 pages
31 March 202124 December 2021Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)24 pages
31 March 202013 October 2020Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages
31 March 201912 December 2019Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages
31 March 201831 December 2018Unaudited abridged accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)11 pages
31 March 201713 December 2017Unaudited abridged accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)9 pages
31 March 201623 November 2016Total exemption small accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)5 pages
31 March 20153 December 2015Total exemption small accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)4 pages
31 March 20148 January 2015Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)13 pages
31 March 201331 December 2013Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages
31 March 201211 December 2012Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)25 pages
31 March 201123 September 2011Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages
31 March 20108 December 2010Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages
31 March 20091 July 2009Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages
31 March 200827 June 2008Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages
31 March 200731 January 2008Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages
31 March 20062 January 2007Full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)19 pages
Definitions
Annual return
The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
Accounts
The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
On time
Received on or before the due date.
Late
Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
Overdue
Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
Qualified accounts
The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 29 October 2026.

Grants

Funding received

34 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 15 October 2010 to 28 November 2025.
Total from published grants
£1.2m
£1,198,205
Grants
34
published to 360Giving
Funders
12
distinct funders
Latest grant
Nov 2025
28 November 2025

By year

iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.

Funders

12 funders
FunderGrantsTotalYears
The National Lottery Community Fund3£466,2472018 to 2025
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales8£287,1602010 to 2024
Comic Relief2£130,4942018 to 2020
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport5£96,9092018 to 2020
Garfield Weston Foundation3£70,0002022 to 2024
Smallwood Trust1£41,5002025
Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation6£36,8702022 to 2025
Rosa UK1£23,0212024
Henry Smith Foundation1£20,0002023
Heart of England Community Foundation2£12,1042025
The Clothworkers' Foundation1£9,0002021
Cheshire Community Foundation1£4,9002021

Grants

newest first
DateFunderTitleAmount
28 November 2025Leicestershire and Rutland Community FoundationGrant to Quetzal£3,000
17 November 2025Leicestershire and Rutland Community FoundationGrant to Quetzal£5,000
23 October 2025The National Lottery Community FundCounselling and Outreach for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse£278,381
27 June 2025Heart of England Community FoundationTrauma-informed counselling for female survivors of childhood sexual abuse£2,990
14 April 2025Heart of England Community FoundationQuetzal£9,114
13 January 2025Smallwood TrustProtecting frontline services for women 18+£41,500
19 November 2024Rosa UKSWU R2-QUETZ-2024£23,021
26 June 2024Leicestershire and Rutland Community FoundationGrant to Quetzal£2,920
12 June 2024Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award£30,000
12 June 2024Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award£30,000
15 May 2024Leicestershire and Rutland Community FoundationGrant to Quetzal£11,475
23 February 2024Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalesGrant to Quetzal Project£95,900
5 December 2023Henry Smith FoundationGrant to Quetzal£20,000
1 June 2023Leicestershire and Rutland Community FoundationGrant to Quetzal£11,475
14 December 2022Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalesOne off gift towards cost of living crisis to Quetzal Project£2,250
30 November 2022Leicestershire and Rutland Community FoundationCost of Living Support£3,000
20 October 2022The National Lottery Community FundCounselling and Outreach for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse£177,933
14 September 2022Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalesGrant to Quetzal Project£50,000
24 June 2022Garfield Weston FoundationMain Grants award£10,000
18 October 2021Cheshire Community FoundationNorth West Leicestershire outreach£4,900
1 July 2021The Clothworkers' FoundationGrant to Quetzal£9,000
23 July 2020Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalesVariation grant to Quetzal Project£7,852
23 June 2020Comic ReliefQuetzal Recovery Funding£8,875
22 June 2020Department for Digital, Culture, Media & SportCoronavirus Community Support Fund£7,385
1 April 2020Department for Digital, Culture, Media & SportBreaking the silence of Asian women survivors in Leicester£23,873
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Who published this data

Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.

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About

Purposes and governing document

Register page (opens in a new tab)

Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.

TO RELIEVE WOMEN IN LEICESTERSHIRE (LEICESTER CITY, LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY AND RUTLAND) WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ABUSE AND WHO ARE IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF NEED AND HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, WHERE SUCH PERSONS CAN SECURE BY COUNSELLING AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO:

  • A)

    PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND SAFEGUARDING OF MENTAL HEALTH;

  • B)

    ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING MENTAL DISTRESS.

What it does

  • The advancement of health or saving of lives

Who it helps

  • Other defined groups

How it helps

  • Provides services
Where it operates
Local authority: Leicestershire
Governing document
INCORPORATED 22/12/2004 as amended on 30 Nov 2020 as filed
Register history
  • 12 May 2011Registered
Working name
The Quetzal Project
Previous names
Quetzal, The Quetzal Project

Policies the charity says it has

  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Conflicting interests
  • Volunteer management
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Governing documents at Companies House

  • 22 December 2004Incorporation documents

Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.

About

Website
www.quetzal.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Quetzal Project
Registered
2011

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