The Quaker Peace Studies Trust

Analysis

The Quaker Peace Studies Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in February 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Quaker Peace Studies Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £40k, spending 311% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £12k to £13k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 333% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Quaker Peace Studies Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BRGS PTA (£13k), Cartwright and Kelsey School Parents Teachers and Friends Association (£13k) and The Parents Teachers and Friends of Holmer School (£13k).

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.