Quaker Tapestry Limited
Analysis
Quaker Tapestry Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02901085). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Quaker Tapestry Limited reported income of £169k and spending of £234k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £504k to £169k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Quaker Tapestry Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stonewhite (£169k), Wakefield Baptist Church (£169k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul, Fakenham (£169k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Quaker Tapestry is an exhibition of 77 embroidered panels made by 4,000 people from 15 countries between 1981 and 1996. The modern community textile project depicts the social and political context in which Quakerism developed from 1652 to the present day. Since 1994 it has been housed in Kendal's historic Quaker Meeting House and constitutes one of the largest community textiles in the world.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Stonewhite | Salford | £169k |
| Wakefield Baptist Church | Wakefield | £169k |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul, Fakenham | Norfolk | £169k |
| Monmouth Baptist Church | Monmouth | £169k |