Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain
Analysis
Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain reported income of £144k and spending of £120k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £183k to £144k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.
Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ponosi Foundation (£144k), R G Hills Charitable Trust (£144k) and The UK Friends of Sumbandila Scholarship Trust (£144k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The object of Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting is the furtherance of the general religious & charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain in the area of BWYAM & beyond. Our principal activity is the holding of public meetings for worship according to Quaker tradition in the constituent local meetings of Bradford, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Huddersfield and Scholes
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Ponosi Foundation | Hounslow | £144k |
| R G Hills Charitable Trust | Canterbury | £144k |
| The UK Friends of Sumbandila Scholarship Trust | London | £144k |
| Emley Show Society | Huddersfield | £144k |