The Central England Area Quaker Meeting Charities

Analysis

The Central England Area Quaker Meeting Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Central England Area Quaker Meeting Charities reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.6m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £920k to £1.5m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Central England Area Quaker Meeting Charities sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emmanuel Theological College (£1.5m), The Cambridge Mosque Trust (£1.5m) and Luther King House Educational Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 41%, investments 22%, donations and legacies 22% and charitable activities 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £7,000. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 40%. Reserves of £9.1m would cover about 66 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.