Luton and Leighton Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain

Analysis

Luton and Leighton Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. 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, Luton and Leighton Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain reported income of £392k and spending of £421k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £249k to £392k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Luton and Leighton Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Beach Mission Trust (£392k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hornchurch St.andrew (£393k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Nottingham Saint Peter and All Saints (£391k).

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.