QUAKER SOCIAL ACTION

Registered charity 1069157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as QUAKER SOCIAL ACTION (BIA)

Our vision is of a just world, where people put people first. We aim to enable people on low incomes in East London to seek solutions to the issues affecting their lives. To do this, we will listen to and respond to the needs of the community by running practical, sustainable and collaborative projects. We will share our work with others when it is clear that it has the potential to bring benefits

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.9m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £563,274 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,083,390 to £520,116. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £365,462, comprising £51,166 in general funds and £314,296 in designated funds. The trustees consider the current reserves position acceptable to confidently plan ahead despite the financial risk of uncertain income levels.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer's national insurance) during the year between £60,000 - £69,999 during the year” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer's national insurance) during the year between £60,000 - £69,999 during the year (2024:one).” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Quaker Social Action (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Pears Foundation — “"Unrestricted core funding is worth more than its monetary value;it gives organisations that vital space to think, and if necessary, innovat…” (source page)
abrdn Financial Fairness Trust — “Quaker Social Action is very grateful to all of the organisations that currently support the charity's work, including*: abrdn Financial Fai…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.9m

Cost of raising funds

£127k

Reserves (reported)

£234k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anisa Uddin
Ellie Hale
Jacob Ellefsen
James Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
Janet Mary Aiston
Mary Bernadette O'Shea · trustee of 1 other charity
Melanie Ndzinga
Professor Annapurna Deborah Waughray · trustee of 1 other charity
Stian John Reimers
Tirion Gwennol Rees Davies

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.4m	£1.9m
31/03/2024	£1.5m	£2.2m
31/03/2023	£1.7m	£1.9m
31/03/2022	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/03/2021	£2.1m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is QUAKER SOCIAL ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £563,274 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,083,390 to £520,116. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £365,462, comprising £51,166 in general funds and £314,296 in designated funds. The trustees consider the current reserves position acceptable to confidently plan ahead despite the financial risk of uncertain income levels. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of QUAKER SOCIAL ACTION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds QUAKER SOCIAL ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QUAKER SOCIAL ACTION as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, TRUST FOR LONDON, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE REED FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LOCAL TRUST	FY2023	£568k	Big Local area: Aberfeldy
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2024	£161k	Improving social security
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2023	£105k	Down To Earth 2023-25
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£93k	Christmas Challenge
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2023	£85k	A continuation grant for the 4in10 network of campaigners
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2022	£50k	Centenary
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	FY2023	£32k
LOCAL TRUST	FY2023	£30k	Big Local area: Peabody Avenue and Churchill Gardens Estate (Big Local SW1)
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£30k	Health and welfare
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2025	£25k	Social Action
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2022	£20k	Church & Communities Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2023	£20k	Church & Communities Programme
LOCAL TRUST	FY2023	£16k	Big Local area: World's End Estate and Lots Road Area
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2021	£15k	Support for low incomes/homelessness
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2023	£15k	Religion
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2022	£15k	Social
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2023	£10k	Donations
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2022	£9k	Donations
PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING	FY2023	£8k	Grants paid to Other Quaker organisations
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	FY2025	£7k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£6k	Hardship Fund Grant
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Hardship Fund
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2024	£5k	Religion
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2025	£5k	Donations
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2024	£4k	Donations
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING	FY2024	£4k	Grant to Quaker charity
THE LAMBERT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£4k	Social Care
THE LAMBERT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£4k	Social Care
THE LAMBERT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k	Social Care
THE LAMBERT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£4k	Social Care
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Community Projects and Integration
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Social Action
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2023	£2k	Donations
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
THE SEGELMAN TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Grants to institutions
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
NORFOLK & WAVENEY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS	FY2024	£200	Donations to Quaker organisations
LANCASHIRE CENTRAL AND NORTH AREA QUAKER MEETING	FY2022	£150	Grant funding of activities
LANCASHIRE CENTRAL AND NORTH AREA QUAKER MEETING	FY2021	£100	Grant funding of activities
PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING	FY2022	£100	Grants paid to Other Quaker organisations
PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING	FY2024	£100	Grants paid to Other Quaker organisations

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	28/11/2023	£200k	Grant to Quaker Social Action
UK government	01/03/2023	£101k	Grant for Improving Financial Wellbeing - LOT 2 Practitioner Training and Target (Quaker Social Action)
The Mercers' Company	29/01/2020	£60k	Grant to Quaker Social Action
City Bridge Foundation	08/07/2010	£120k	Grant to Quaker Social Action

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Young K&C	1	£275k
The Parochial Church Council of Ecclesiastical Parish of Emmer Green and Caversham Park St Barnabas	1	£182k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£110k
CIVIC POWER FUND	1	£64k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST	1	£59k
THE CAMELLIA FOUNDATION	1	£53k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	1	£50k
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£38k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS).

BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) income £12.3m
CENTRE FOR THEOLOGY AND COMMUNITY LIMITED income £680k
LEEDS AREA QUAKER MEETING income £232k
AL-FALAH SOCIETY (ESSAR) income £118k
HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) income £187k
EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £231k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
QUAKER SOCIAL ACTION	£1.4m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) FY2024	£12.3m	—	—	above	11.1%	no doubt
CENTRE FOR THEOLOGY AND COMMUNITY LIMITED FY2025	£680k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LEEDS AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025	£232k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AL-FALAH SOCIETY (ESSAR) FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) FY2024	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.