IPSWICH AND DISS AREA QUAKER MEETING

Registered charity 1134526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's activities are focused on the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain in the area of Ipswich and Diss Area Quaker Meeting and beyond.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN THE AREA OF IPSWICH AND DISS MEETING AND BEYOND

Area of benefit: IPSWICH AND DISS AREA

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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Latest income

£181k

Latest spending

£175k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a fair financial position despite a fall in membership and poor performance from endowed investments. Local Meeting finances are described as healthy, with all able to meet commitments as they arose. The charity holds significant property assets with insured values totaling over £5 million.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £286k)

“We ask each of our constituent Local Meetings and funds to hold reserves of 6 months expenditure without income.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
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Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Clive Edwin Bach
Germaine Hanbury
Julia Kathryn Smith
Mary McLeod Pennock
Robert George Ashton · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Jonathan Lamb

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£181k	£175k
31/12/2024	£404k	£180k
31/12/2023	£168k	£201k
31/12/2022	£170k	£120k
31/12/2021	£239k	£160k

Common questions

Is IPSWICH AND DISS AREA QUAKER MEETING financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a fair financial position despite a fall in membership and poor performance from endowed investments. Local Meeting finances are described as healthy, with all able to meet commitments as they arose. The charity holds significant property assets with insured values totaling over £5 million. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) income £187k
NORFOLK & WAVENEY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS income £303k
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLANDS AREA QUAKER MEETING income £688k
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING income £214k
BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES income £110k
SUSSEX WEST AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £285k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
IPSWICH AND DISS AREA QUAKER MEETING	£181k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) FY2024	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORFOLK & WAVENEY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FY2024	£303k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLANDS AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2024	£688k	—	above	—	no doubt
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING FY2024	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES FY2024	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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