Thaxted Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain

Analysis

Thaxted Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in June 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, 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, Thaxted Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain reported income of £116k and spending of £139k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £98k to £116k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Thaxted Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Andrews Community Church (£116k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Anne's, Shevington, Blackburn (£116k) and Miracle Street UK (£116k).