LONDON WEST AREA QUAKER MEETING

Registered charity 1134215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) within West London and beyond, primarily by holding Quaker public worship at its meeting houses and supporting the outreach and mission of the wider Society both financially and through the active involvement of its Members and Attenders in the Society's work.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE AREA MEETING IS THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GENERAL RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN IN THE AREA OF THE LONDON WEST MEETING AND BEYOND.

Area of benefit: LONDON WEST

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased significantly to £1,161,910, largely due to recognizing a £400,000 legacy. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £1,001,600, with a stated policy for the Area Meeting to hold reserves equivalent to one year's expenditure. The trustees note that the charity is actively engaged in a merger project to form 'Quakers in London' by early 2027, after which the current charity will be laid down.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~163.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bessie Whitechair
• Andrew John Rendle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Clare Scott Booth
• Michael Jardine
• RICHARD LASSON
• Simon Risley
• Stephen Wright

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham · Harrow · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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