Sussex East Area Quaker Meeting
Analysis
Sussex East Area Quaker Meeting is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Sussex East Area Quaker Meeting reported income of £216k and spending of £147k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £131k to £216k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sussex East Area Quaker Meeting sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include We Care Foundation (£216k), Knowledge Empowers You Charitable Trust (£217k) and Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (£216k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
We advance the tenets of faith contained in Quaker Faith and Practice, which is the book of Christian discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain. Meetings for Worship are regularly held in Bexhill, Eastbourne, Hastings, Herstmonceux, Lewes, Polegate, Rye, Seaford and Uckfield.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| We Care Foundation | London | £216k |
| Knowledge Empowers You Charitable Trust | London | £217k |
| Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality | Ipswich | £216k |
| Beauty for Ashes Refuges | Leigh | £217k |