BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES

Registered charity 238015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING AND RELATED CHARITIES, BANBURY AND EVESHAM MONTHLY MEETING, SOCIETY OF FRIENDS - CHARITIES ADMINISTERED IN CONNEXION WITH BANBURY MONTHLY MEETING, THE BANBURY AND EVESHAM MONTHLY MEETING UNITED TRUSTS

Furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain in the area of Banbury & Evesham Area Meeting and beyond.

Objects

SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS

Area of benefit: AREA COVERED BY THE BANBURY MONTHLY MEETING

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

£110k

Latest spending

£158k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds general unrestricted funds of £467,486, which the Trustees have reviewed and concluded are appropriate given current and expected expenditure levels. The charity is in the process of understanding how best to reallocate its assets and responsibilities to sister charities with the aim of disbanding, while continuing to operate as usual. The Trustees have adopted the going concern basis, expressing reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Denley Charles Wright
Jim Howson
Margaret Virginia Morrow Guy · trustee of 1 other charity
Maria Bernadette Huff
SUSAN DAVIES
Stella Wilson
Susannah Mary Tombs
Zoe Katherine Simms

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£110k	£158k
31/12/2023	£198k	£126k
31/12/2022	£112k	£92k
31/12/2021	£97k	£248k
31/12/2020	£112k	£66k

Common questions

Is BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds general unrestricted funds of £467,486, which the Trustees have reviewed and concluded are appropriate given current and expected expenditure levels. The charity is in the process of understanding how best to reallocate its assets and responsibilities to sister charities with the aim of disbanding, while continuing to operate as usual. The Trustees have adopted the going concern basis, expressing reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
DEVON AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £254k
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING income £214k
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN CAMBRIDGESHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES income £439k
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £226k
LEEDS AREA QUAKER MEETING income £232k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BANBURY & EVESHAM AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORD AND HITCHIN AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) FY2024	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DEVON AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2024	£254k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST WILTSHIRE AND EAST SOMERSET AREA MEETING FY2024	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN CAMBRIDGESHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES FY2025	£439k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN FY2025	£226k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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