PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING

Registered charity 1134538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The furtherance of the Religious and Charitable Purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain within North and East Yorkshire and beyond. We hold Meetings for Worship at Beverley, Hull, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Pickering, Scarborough, Whitby and RAF Fylingdales; provide grants to projects within our Quaker ethos; and provide Quaker Chaplains at Hull Prisons and Hull University.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GENERAL RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN IN THE AREA OF THE PICKERING AND HULL MEETING AND BEYOND.

Area of benefit: PICKERING AND HULL

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£187k

Latest spending

£221k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,941 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves (bank balances) of £64,222. The trustees' reserves policy aims to hold a minimum of six months' operating costs in reserve, but the filing notes that only £36,000 of designated funds are earmarked towards this target. The charity's financial health is further characterized by a monetary deficit in the Hull General designated fund, which is offset by investments held with Investing Ethically.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“Of designated fund bank balances held at the end of 2025 the £36k funds are provisionally earmarked as working towards the six months of historical expenditure as per our basic reserves policy.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Michelle Fisher, a Trustee, received £1,061 for gardening services provided to Beverley meeting house on a self-employed basis.

“Trustees received no remuneration for work as Trustees within the Charity. Michelle Fisher provides gardening services on a self employed basis to Beverley Meeting House and received payment of £1,061 (2024: £770).” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Michelle Fisher, a Trustee, provides a gardening service to Beverley meeting house. This is carried out in a self-employed capacity. Michelle Fisher is a Trustee of Pickering and Hull Area Quaker Meeting and of The Sir James Reckitt Charity, appointed by the AM. Conflicts of interest between both charities have been managed appropriately in line with policies and procedures.

“Michelle Fisher, a Trustee, provides a gardening service to Beverley meeting house. This is carried out in a self-employed capacity. Michelle Fisher is a Trustee of Pickering and Hull Area Quaker Meeting and of The Sir James Reckitt Charity, appointed by the AM. Conflicts of interest between both charities have been managed appropriately in line with policies and procedures.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

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
Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 208
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 250

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Michelle Fisherchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Brenda Rigby
Fiona Waddington
Jane Wilson

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£187k	£221k
31/12/2024	£233k	£320k
31/12/2023	£233k	£279k
31/12/2022	£221k	£387k
31/12/2021	£170k	£156k

Common questions

Is PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,941 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves (bank balances) of £64,222. The trustees' reserves policy aims to hold a minimum of six months' operating costs in reserve, but the filing notes that only £36,000 of designated funds are earmarked towards this target. The charity's financial health is further characterized by a monetary deficit in the Hull General designated fund, which is offset by investments held with Investing Ethically. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSHIRE AND ISLANDS AREA QUAKER MEETING.

HAMPSHIRE AND ISLANDS AREA QUAKER MEETING income £268k
OXFORD AND SWINDON AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £370k
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £144k
LEEDS AREA QUAKER MEETING income £232k
IPSWICH AND DISS AREA QUAKER MEETING income £181k
YORK AREA QUAKER MEETING income £534k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING	£187k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLANDS AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025	£268k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
OXFORD AND SWINDON AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2025	£370k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2025	£144k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LEEDS AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025	£232k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IPSWICH AND DISS AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025	£181k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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