KENDAL AND SEDBERGH AREA QUAKER MEETING

Registered charity 1197234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious activities

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF KENDAL AND SEDBERGH AREA MEETING ARE:(A) THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GENERAL RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN IN THE AREA OF KENDAL AND SEDBERGH AREA MEETING AND BEYOND;AND(B) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY BE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£110k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £345k, which is below the stated policy target of holding twelve months' expenditure. The filing notes that maintenance of the property estate remains a significant drain on cash reserves, although progress was made in reducing the deficit between income and expenditure compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The Area Meeting is part of Britain Yearly Meeting... A large part of this relationship is formed by those Friends who serve as representatives to the central committees and councils... Meeting for Sufferings has been the standing representative body entrusted with the care of the business of Britain Yearly Meeting throughout the year.

“The Area Meeting is part of Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. The meeting has a two-way relationship with the central departments and work of the Yearly Meeting.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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: 32

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

Volunteers: 27

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

Volunteers: 29

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Hall · trustee of 2 other charities
Jenny Diana Pearman
Julia Catherine Smith
Paul Scutt
Shelagh Mary Robinson

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£110k	£91k
31/12/2024	£99k	£121k
31/12/2023	£96k	£159k
31/12/2022	£179k	£207k

Common questions

Is KENDAL AND SEDBERGH AREA QUAKER MEETING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £345k, which is below the stated policy target of holding twelve months' expenditure. The filing notes that maintenance of the property estate remains a significant drain on cash reserves, although progress was made in reducing the deficit between income and expenditure compared to the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ST AUGUSTINE'S FOUNDATION	1	£146k
THE TORY FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PENDLE HILL AREA MEETING.

PENDLE HILL AREA MEETING income £121k
MID THAMES AREA QUAKER MEETING AND RELATED CHARITIES income £249k
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL income £13.9m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ANDOVER income £592k
SHEFFIELD AND BALBY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS income £181k
LEEDS AREA QUAKER MEETING income £232k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KENDAL AND SEDBERGH AREA QUAKER MEETING	£110k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PENDLE HILL AREA MEETING FY2025	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MID THAMES AREA QUAKER MEETING AND RELATED CHARITIES FY2025	£249k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL FY2025	£13.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ANDOVER FY2025	£592k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
SHEFFIELD AND BALBY AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FY2025	£181k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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