THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN - BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING

Registered charity 1134540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity exists to promote the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the Bournemouth Coastal Area and beyond.

Objects

FURTHERANCE OF THE GENERAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN IN THE BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL MEETING AND BEYOND

Area of benefit: BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL 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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Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances are secure, with unrestricted cash funds increasing significantly to £1,044,114 by year-end. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £858,708, driven largely by the sale of the Bournemouth Meeting House. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and no matters requiring attention were identified.

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 4 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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~121.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Margaret Sepping · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Teresa Green
• David Brown
• David Mason
• Katharine Arlene Mellor Gibson
• Peter Sender

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES.

• BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES income £139k
• EAST CHESHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS income £152k
• DEVON AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £283k
• THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN CAMBRIDGESHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES income £439k
• WEST KENT AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £79k
• LEICESTER AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £283k

Side by side with its peers

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