MID THAMES AREA QUAKER MEETING AND RELATED CHARITIES

Registered charity 201030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW READING MONTHLY MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, Mid Thames Area Quakers, Mid Thames Quakers, Religious Society of Friends

Holding public Meetings for Worship in the area of Mid-Thames, regular meetings for Church affairs and participating in Quaker work

Objects

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Area of benefit: BERKSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE

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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Latest income
£249k
Latest spending
£286k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall surplus of £2,841 for the year, driven by an unrealised investment gain, despite a net loss on operational activities. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £717,820, which is above the trustees' stated target of £590,436. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Payment to a close relation of a Trustee for garden maintenance at Reading Meeting House.
“During the course of the year £1,771 (2024: £1,695) was paid to a close relation of a Trustee of MTAM, in respect of garden maintenance at Reading Meeting House which was an arm’s length transaction.” — page 20
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£249k£286k
31/12/2024£234k£408k
31/12/2023£228k£302k
31/12/2022£292k£242k
31/12/2021£198k£197k

Common questions

Is MID THAMES AREA QUAKER MEETING AND RELATED CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall surplus of £2,841 for the year, driven by an unrealised investment gain, despite a net loss on operational activities. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £717,820, which is above the trustees' stated target of £590,436. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANCASHIRE CENTRAL AND NORTH AREA QUAKER MEETING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MID THAMES AREA QUAKER MEETING AND RELATED CHARITIES£249k—0above—no doubt
LANCASHIRE CENTRAL AND NORTH AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025£241k—0unclear—no doubt
SUSSEX WEST AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2024£285k—0below—no doubt
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING FY2024£214k—0above—no doubt
HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) FY2024£187k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025£232k—0unclear—no doubt

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