EAST KENT AREA QUAKER MEETING

Registered charity 1210610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST KENT AREA MEETING (EKAM)

Objects

THE OBJECT OF EAST KENT 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 EAST KENT 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.

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

Latest income
£92k
Latest spending
£144k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £72,877 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to costs associated with the Safe Haven refugee house refurbishment. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash funds at year-end were £185,017, which is below the target reserve levels required by the charity's reserves policy. The trustees anticipate that reserves will drop further in the coming years due to planned building improvements and expect to restore them by the end of 2028.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“We are aware that each of the LM's have plans for significant building improvement during the next few years that will be paid for out of central funds as well as the unknown costs arising from the Quinquennial surveys to be carried out in 2026. To meet these costs we will need to raise the LM contributions for the next few years but even so are expecting our level of reserves to drop below the level required by our policy.” — page 11
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.

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: 40

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£92k£144k

Common questions

Is EAST KENT AREA QUAKER MEETING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £72,877 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to costs associated with the Safe Haven refugee house refurbishment. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash funds at year-end were £185,017, which is below the target reserve levels required by the charity's reserves policy. The trustees anticipate that reserves will drop further in the coming years due to planned building improvements and expect to restore them by the end of 2028. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.