Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre

Analysis

Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre reported income of £978k and spending of £976k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £978k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anjuman-E-Islahul Muslimeen of UK (£976k), The Parochial Church Council of St Michael & All Angels with St Stephen, Wandsworth (£978k) and Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan (£975k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 59%, charitable activities 35% and investments 6.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £143k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £764k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.