# QUAKER TAPESTRY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1035077
- **Other names:** THE QUAKER TAPESTRY AT KENDAL LIMITED, QUAKER TAPESTRY AT KENDAL LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 21, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1035077


## Contact

- **Address:** Quaker Tapestry Ltd, Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, KENDAL
- **Postcode:** LA9 4BH
- **Phone:** 01539722975
- **Email:** info@quaker-tapestry.co.uk
- **Website:** www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DISPLAYING, MAINTAINING AND PROTECTINGEMBROIDERED HANGINGS DEPICTING QUAKERS, THEIR WORSHIP AND WORK IN THE WORLD (HERINAFTERREFERRED TO AS 'THE QUAKER TAPESTRY');B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY TEACHING ARTS AND CRAFTS AND IN PARTICULAREMBROIDERY AND ALLIED SKILLS.

**Activities:** The Quaker Tapestry is an exhibition of 77 embroidered panels made by 4,000 people from 15 countries between 1981 and 1996. The modern community textile project depicts the social and political context in which Quakerism developed from 1652 to the present day. Since 1994 it has been housed in Kendal's historic Quaker Meeting House and constitutes one of the largest community textiles in the world.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria
- Lancashire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £168916 | £250812 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £191223 | £222264 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £600367 | £513914 | £298309 | 9 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £503554 | £501427 | £241616 | 8 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £176025 | £144404 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Andrew James Fincham** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 3, 2020
- Alan Price — appointed June 15, 2019
- Glyn Hughes — appointed Oct. 3, 2020
- Isabella Michelle Sterman Rosner — appointed June 8, 2024
- Lesley Janet Batchelor OBE — appointed Oct. 3, 2020
- Lindsay Grace Bullard — appointed June 11, 2022
- Margaret Alice Brown — appointed June 14, 2025
- Matthew John Kirk — appointed June 11, 2022
- Timothy John Yeomans — appointed June 12, 2021