SUSSEX EAST AREA QUAKER MEETING

Registered charity 1173819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEAM

We advance the tenets of faith contained in Quaker Faith and Practice, which is the book of Christian discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain. Meetings for Worship are regularly held in Bexhill, Eastbourne, Hastings, Herstmonceux, Lewes, Polegate, Rye, Seaford and Uckfield.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE 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 THE 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: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£217k

Latest spending

£147k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £69,660 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by increased room hire income and donations, despite a reduction in property valuations. The trustees confirm that unrestricted general reserves of £365,744 remain within their stated policy range of £282,000 to £424,000, and they are confident the charity will continue as a going concern through 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: aggregate current assets and investments lying between £142,000 and £284,000, representing 2-4% of the insured value of the properties concerned to cover potential future maintenance needs, plus other allowances totalling £140,000, to cover identified risks such as loss in the value of investments, loss of income and uneven non-property maintenance related cashflow giving a range of £282-424,000 (reserves figure: £366k)

“For the other, predominantly unrestricted, funds, aiming for aggregate current assets and investments lying between £142,000 and £284,000, representing 2-4% of the insured value of the properties concerned to cover potential future maintenance needs, plus other allowances totalling £140,000, to cover identified risks such as loss in the value of investments, loss of income and uneven non-property maintenance related cashflow giving a range of £282-424,000.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 300
Government income: £8,306 — grants £8,306 (1); 5% of the £178,240 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 150
Government income: £100,626 — grants £100,626 (1); 32% of the £314,951 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sussex East Area Quaker Meeting (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Aileen Sheila Grist
Alan West
Alexander Iorwerth Francis
Dr Tony Biggin · trustee of 1 other charity
Jacqueline Serena Jarvis
Katherine Gibbs
Patricia Ann Sear
Sonia Relf

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£217k	£147k
31/12/2024	£178k	£219k
31/12/2023	£315k	£799k
31/12/2022	£214k	£143k
31/12/2021	£131k	£65k

Common questions

Is SUSSEX EAST AREA QUAKER MEETING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £69,660 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by increased room hire income and donations, despite a reduction in property valuations. The trustees confirm that unrestricted general reserves of £365,744 remain within their stated policy range of £282,000 to £424,000, and they are confident the charity will continue as a going concern through 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUSSEX EAST AREA QUAKER MEETING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUSSEX EAST AREA QUAKER MEETING as a grant recipient include THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION), THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2023	£6k	Donations
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2024	amount not stated	Donations

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUSSEX WEST AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN.

SUSSEX WEST AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £897k
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING income £214k
PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING income £187k
OXFORD AND SWINDON AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £370k
WEST KENT AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £79k
TEESDALE AND CLEVELAND AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £177k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SUSSEX EAST AREA QUAKER MEETING	£217k	—	within	—	no doubt
SUSSEX WEST AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2025	£897k	—	above	—	no doubt
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING FY2025	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025	£187k	—	below	—	no doubt
OXFORD AND SWINDON AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2025	£370k	—	above	—	no doubt
WEST KENT AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2025	£79k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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