BRISTOL AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)

Registered charity 1175435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRISTOL AREA QUAKER MEETING

Bristol Area Quaker Meeting undertakes activities in the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain.This CIO replaced Bristol Area Quaker Meeting and linked charities No 249725 on 1 January 2018. Trustees Annual Reports & Accounts for 2017 and earlier years can be found at https://bristolquakers.org.uk/trustees/

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £467,918 for the year, resulting in free reserves of £115,802. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves are broadly in line with the stated policy target of £120,000, although the trustees note that upcoming property works may impact this position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catharina Petronella Pedder
• Christine Joan Willmore · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Dean Smart · trustee of 1 other charity
• Grahame Beaumont Richard Dixie
• James Brian Eddington
• Jonathan Jewkes
• Patricia Frances De'Ath
• Raymond Bray
• Susanne Maria Kruger
• timothy southall

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

Operates in: Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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