# QUAKER VOLUNTARY ACTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1083412
- **Other names:** QVA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 14, 2000
- **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=1083412


## Contact

- **Address:** Mill Bank Cottage, Whitney-on-Wye, Hereford
- **Postcode:** HR3 6HY
- **Phone:** 07518471678
- **Email:** retreats@qva.org.uk
- **Website:** www.qva.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN BRITAIN, EUROPE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND QUAKER GROUPS AND/OR OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

**Activities:** Our mission is to provide and promote take-up of practical opportunities to put Quaker faith into action and to develop new approaches for doing this. Voluntary work projects are provided for members of the Quaker community and others including short working retreats in Britain and overseas. Information and advice is provided to assist volunteering in Quaker and other projects worldwide.

**Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Belgium
- Germany
- Northern Ireland
- Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Scotland
- Sweden
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £13102 | £11466 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £5819 | £5844 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £16869 | £21383 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £11952 | £12421 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £13637 | £11733 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Gordon Elton Matthews** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 19, 2025
- Barry Anthony Jenkinson — appointed Nov. 17, 2025
- Conor Mungo Jerram — appointed Feb. 7, 2024
- JEFFREY WILLIAM BEATTY — appointed Nov. 1, 2016
- Jeremy Martin Russell Smith — appointed April 9, 2026
- Matthew Alexander Bittle — appointed July 27, 2025