British Friends of Quaker Council for European Affairs

Registered charity 293776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Q C E A BRITISH COMMITTEE, QUAKERS FOR EUROPE, THE BRITISH COMMITTEE OF THE QUAKER COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

The primary purpose of the QCEA British Committee (BC) is to support the work of Quaker House in Brussels (QCEA). The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) was founded in 1979 to bear witness throughout Europe to Friends' long-standing concerns for peace, human rights and the right sharing of resources. It does this chiefly through staff based at Quaker House in Brussels.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE RELIGION ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS QUAKERS). (B) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION (C) TO SUPPORT THE WORK IN THE FIELDS OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN EUROPE AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £83,795, with unrestricted reserves held at £46,126 in cash and fixed assets. The trustees report no material concerns regarding the examination of the accounts, indicating stable financial administration.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elspeth Lesley Wollen
• John Edward Crosfield
• Keith Malcolm Archer
• Martin Ford · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
• Susan Florence Myers · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Edward Becher · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Belgium · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS WORLD COMMITTEE FOR CONSULTATION.

• FRIENDS WORLD COMMITTEE FOR CONSULTATION income £373k
• THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN CAMBRIDGESHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES income £439k
• BRISTOL AREA MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) income £1.1m
• EAST CHESHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS income £152k
• WEST KENT AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN income £79k
• THE CENTRAL ENGLAND AREA QUAKER MEETING CHARITIES income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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