FRIENDS SOUTHERN SUMMER EVENTS

Registered charity 1155420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FSSE

FSSE organises two week-long annual residential Quaker events in August: Junior Gathering (formerly Summer School, ages 11-14) and Senior Conference (15-18). These events advocate the Quaker testimonies of peace, simplicity, equality and truth. They are significant in the lives of those who attend, building confidence, knowledge and supportive friendships which can last a lifetime.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:(A)TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR OF YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE QUAKER TRADITION, AND OTHERS WITH AN INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT QUAKERS;AND IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF:(B)TO ORGANISE AND PROMOTE EVENTS FOR THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND MORAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AN INTEREST IN QUAKERS;(C)TO DISSEMINATE BY WHATEVER MEANS THE IDEALS OF TRUTH, NON-VIOLENCE AND EQUALITY WITHIN A QUAKER BACKGROUND; AND(D)TO PROMOTE ANY PURPOSE THAT IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £25,478, which is above the stated policy target of holding between 30% and 50% of the previous year's expenditure. The trustees report a better financial position this year, noting that the organization is entirely run by volunteers with no staff emoluments disclosed.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Kai Yang Dylan Simchair
• Alex Skinner
• Candia Louise Dickerson Crosfield
• Imogen Hills
• Matthew James Winkless
• Oliver Waterhouse
• Polly Jane Louise Chatterton
• Rebecca Louise Kennard

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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