Oxford and Swindon Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain

Analysis

Oxford and Swindon Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities, environment/conservation/heritage and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06947462). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oxford and Swindon Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain reported income of £370k and spending of £407k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £494k to £370k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oxford and Swindon Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chasdei Shayala (£370k), Kehal Yetev Lev (£370k) and Newcastle Staffs Foodbank (£370k).

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.