DEVON AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN

Registered charity 1139955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of religion and other charitable purposes such as derive from or bear witness to the principles and practices of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE DEVON 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 DEVON AREA MEETING AND BEYOND

Area of benefit: THE AREA OF DEVON AREA MEETING AND BEYOND

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: Plymouth, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£283k

Latest spending

£260k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at approximately £2.3 million, with unrestricted reserves significantly exceeding the stated policy targets of maintaining six months' running costs for local meetings and a central repairs fund. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, and no funds are showing a deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: if a Local Meeting has surplus income over expenditure in any year, it is transferred to Area Meeting and a recommendation is then made by trustees on the amount that can be forwarded for use by our national body, Britain Yearly Meeting. The designated Repairs Fund, corresponding to 2½% of the current valuation of our building stock, exists to fund unexpected major repairs

“The Area Meeting Reserves Policy was established in 2012 and reconfirmed by Trustees in 2023: it provides the basis for clarifying the division of responsibility for financial planning between Devon Area Meeting and its constituent Local Meetings. The policy is that if a Local Meeting has surplus income over expenditure in any year, it is transferred to Area Meeting and a recommendation is then made by trustees on the amount that can be forwarded for use by our national body, Britain Yearly Meeting. The designated Repairs Fund, corresponding to 2½% of the current valuation of our building stock, exists to fund unexpected major repairs should such an emergency not covered by insurance occur in any of the Meeting Houses owned by the Area Meeting.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee expenses 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

Volunteers: 200

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

Volunteers: 120

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

Volunteers: 120

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher William Alan Dent
Emma Claire Seaman
Frederick John Elford
Jacqueline Rosemary Wilding-White
John Anthony Dehany Scott
Peter Anthony Lawrence
Robert Eden Sharrock · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Elizabeth Hartog

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£283k	£260k
31/12/2024	£254k	£253k
31/12/2023	£235k	£297k
31/12/2022	£226k	£328k
31/12/2021	£148k	£156k

Common questions

Is DEVON AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds stood at approximately £2.3 million, with unrestricted reserves significantly exceeding the stated policy targets of maintaining six months' running costs for local meetings and a central repairs fund. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, and no funds are showing a deficit. Its FY2025 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
OXFORD AND SWINDON AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £370k
SHEFFIELD AND BALBY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS income £181k
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN - BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING income £975k
NORFOLK & WAVENEY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS income £303k
BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES income £139k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DEVON AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN	£283k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) FY2024	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD AND SWINDON AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2025	£370k	—	above	—	no doubt
SHEFFIELD AND BALBY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FY2025	£181k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN - BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025	£975k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORFOLK & WAVENEY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FY2025	£303k	—	above	—	no doubt

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