Quaker Social Action

Analysis

Quaker Social Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 173-177 Euston Road. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03524063). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Quaker Social Action reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.9m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.4m (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Quaker Social Action sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bikur Cholim and Gemiluth Chesed Trust (£1.3m), Community Action Bradford & District Ltd. (£1.4m) and Swan (Southern Women's Aid Network) (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57% and donations and legacies 34%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3,943. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.8%. Reserves of £234k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.

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.