NORTH EAST THAMES QUAKER TRUST

Registered charity 212164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RATCLIFF AND BARKING MONTHLY MEETING TRUST AND FUNDED PROPERTIES, SOCIETY OF FRIENDS-RATCLIFFE AND BARKING MONTHLY MEETING FUND FOR THE POOR

Grant making re relief of hardship, Friends education and advancement of religion among members and attenders of North East Thames Area Meeting (formerly Ratcliff and Barking Monthly Meeting) and members and attenders of other Area and Yearly Meetings and other institutions of the Religious Society of Friends.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£113k

Latest spending

£129k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £2,831,617, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet commitments for at least the next 12 months. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £45,285 for the year, driven by investment gains, despite charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The Trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding unspent income in cash to protect against inflation and ensure availability for use.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: hold unspent accumulated income in interest bearing cash accounts so that this unspent income may be protected against inflation and available for use as required (held: £2.8m)

“The Trustees have decided to hold unspent accumulated income in interest bearing cash accounts so that this unspent income may be protected against inflation and available for use as required.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

BRENDA GERAGHTY
CATHERINE MARY GREEN
CHRISTOPHER EVANS
Dr Peter Maple
IRENE DAVIES
Peter Alan Ranken

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£113k	£129k
31/12/2023	£94k	£136k
31/12/2022	£91k	£133k
31/12/2021	£119k	£136k
31/12/2020	£85k	£108k

Common questions

Is NORTH EAST THAMES QUAKER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £2,831,617, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet commitments for at least the next 12 months. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £45,285 for the year, driven by investment gains, despite charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The Trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding unspent income in cash to protect against inflation and ensure availability for use. Its FY2024 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
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£13k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	1	£10k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS).

HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) income £187k
MID THAMES AREA QUAKER MEETING AND RELATED CHARITIES income £249k
LONDON WEST AREA QUAKER MEETING income £490k
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING income £214k
SOUTHERN EAST ANGLIA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £99k
North East Museums Development Trust income £551k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTH EAST THAMES QUAKER TRUST	£113k	—	above	—	no doubt
HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) FY2024	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MID THAMES AREA QUAKER MEETING AND RELATED CHARITIES FY2025	£249k	—	above	—	no doubt
LONDON WEST AREA QUAKER MEETING FY2025	£490k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING FY2024	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTHERN EAST ANGLIA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2025	£99k	—	above	—	no doubt

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