The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain - Bournemouth Coastal Area Quaker Meeting

Analysis

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain - Bournemouth Coastal Area Quaker Meeting is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain - Bournemouth Coastal Area Quaker Meeting reported income of £975k and spending of £116k, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £115k to £975k (+747%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 1069%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain - Bournemouth Coastal Area Quaker Meeting sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lambeth Trust (£974k), Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan (£975k) and Cheam Baptist Church (£973k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 3.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £16k. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 122 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.