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2020-12-31-accounts

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1134532

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

for

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Murray and Lamb Limited Chartered Accountants 1st Floor, Portland House Belmont Business Park Durham DH1 1TW

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 7
Independent Examiner's Report 8
Statement of Financial Activities 9
Balance Sheet 10
Notes to the Financial Statements 11 to 21
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 22 to 24

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

Northumbria Area Meeting Trustees are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020. The report aims to summarise the activities, work and key events for Northumbria Area Meeting and its Local Meetings. The aim is also to explain the role of the Trustees and their relationship with the Area Meeting which is a worshipping community seeking to live our lives, as individuals and as a community, in accordance with Quaker values and testimonies which are deeply held and long standing.

The Trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) effective 1 January 2019.

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act to have regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission with respect to Public Benefit. In the opinion of the Trustees, the continuing activities of the Northumbria area Quaker Meeting do constitute public benefit activities. Such activities are reported in section C.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Structure, Management and Governance

Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting is a charity established for the advancement of religion and other charitable purposes such as derive from or bear witness to the principles and practices of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends in Britain is a Christian denomination founded in the seventeenth century.

The final constitutional authority of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain is Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM). Its membership consists of all those who belong to the Area Meetings in Britain of which there are approximately 70, and of which Northumbria Are Meeting (NAM) is one. Britain Yearly Meeting has a gathering each summer. This year, this was held ‘virtually’ on Zoom. AMs (Area Meetings) send a number of representatives and as many others who wish also attend. During the year, AMs send representatives to the Meeting for Sufferings to meet together a few times with BYM. This is a standing representative body entrusted with the general care of matters affecting Quakers in Britain. Each representative reports to back their AM. The agenda for the annual BYM gathering is formed from these deliberations.

BYM also, from their offices, Friends House in London, give advice and support to all Quakers in Britain. They prepare policy and procedure information in booklet form, and useful information leaflets for our members, attenders and new enquirers. All AMs give money to enable BYM to give their invaluable support.

The principal activity of the Area Meeting (AM) is the holding of weekly, publicly advertised Meetings for Worship within its Local Meetings (LMs). These Meetings for Worship are open to all who wish to attend. There are 8 Local Meetings in Northumbria Area Meeting (NAM): Allendale, Alnwick, Durham, Hexham, Monkseaton, Newcastle, Sunderland and Stocksfield. Northumberland Area Meeting has 240 formally accepted members, and in addition 109 regular attenders. All these members and attenders attend Meetings for Worship in one or other of the Local Meetings.

Quaker faith is rooted in the belief of living our lives according to our spiritual experience. This is the basis of Quaker testimonies to peace, truth, simplicity, equality and sustainability, which guide Quaker behaviour, work and witness. This report will describe some of this work and witness undertaken by the 8 Local Meetings.

The charity’s Governing Document defines the way it is organised and managed. The Governing document was approved by Northumbria Area Meeting in July 2008 under minute 7/7/08. The Charity was registered with the Charities Commission on 26th February 2010 as Charity Number 1134512: the current scheme was agreed on 27th July 2012.

In the Quaker tradition, decisions about policies, charitable activities and priorities are taken by the members of the Area Meeting at regular business meetings, and not by the charity’s Trustees, who provide advice and guidance and take responsibility for the statutory and legal duties of the charity. Area Business Meetings are open to all members of the Area Meeting, and Local Meetings appoint representatives to ensure effective representation. All Local Meetings receive minutes of the business meetings and can comment freely on the work of NAM. Area Meeting meets for business affairs 4 times a year, and in addition there are 4 working group meetings per year to deal with more routine decisions. Minutes of the Area Meeting record acceptance and transfers of membership and also of births and deaths.

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

The ‘Quaker Business Method’ is a key part of the way that we conduct our affairs. This applies to all Quaker Meetings for Business and has been followed almost unchanged for over 350 years. The Meetings for Business begin with a short silence. The Clerk is responsible for the agenda and the conduct of the Meeting, and is the servant of the Meeting, taking no part in the discussion, but listening to contributions and discerning the sense of the Meeting. Quakers do not vote, they discern what is the right decision for the Meeting. The decision is then recorded by means of a Minute, and Minutes are written by the clerk and agreed by the Meeting in session after each item.

Local Meetings (LMs) are branches of the charity, under the care of NAM Trustees. They have their own committees which manage the running of their Meeting. They have their own treasurers and bank accounts. The relationship between the LMs and Trustees is set out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This was written in consultation and agreement with LMs and which each LM is required to sign. The MoU gives delegated authority to the LMs, subject to agreed policies and procedures. Each LM within the Area Meeting has a ‘Link Trustee’ to whom they can turn for advice and guidance.

Trustees are appointed by Area Meeting on the basis of nominations proposed by NAM Nominations Committee. This process is a key part of the Quaker Business Method: the NAM Nominations Committee is responsible for recommending ‘names’ to Area Meeting for AM roles. These ‘names’ are then approved and appointed, or declined, at the Area Business Meeting. There is a parallel nominations and appointment system for each of the Local Meetings, for all other roles. Quakers have no paid ministers or officers, and all functions are undertaken by unpaid members of the Meeting. Training is offered for all significant roles by the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, either as residential courses, locally organised day courses with ‘Woodbrooke on the Road’, or on line. Cost for this training is met by Area Meeting.

As for other roles, in line with Quaker practice, Trustees are appointed for a three year term, which can be extended for a second term by mutual agreement between the Trustee and Area Meeting. Only in exceptional circumstances do Trustees serve a third term. New Trustees receive a detailed induction ‘briefing’ and are given opportunities for training, as are other roles.

The role of Trustees

  1. Trustees have developed, and maintain policies on finance, reserves, ethical investment, insurance, safeguarding, employment, data protection, health and safety. They have developed a complaints policy. They are responsible for ensuring that these policies are upheld by members and attenders of the Area Meeting.

  2. Northumbria Area Meeting owns and is responsible for 7 properties: meeting houses for Allendale, Monkseaton, Newcastle, Stocksfield and Sunderland, a cottage at Allendale which is rented out, and a flat in Newcastle left with a sitting tenant on legacy. All property is held by Friends Trusts Ltd, based in London, as custodian trustee, on behalf of the Area Meeting and its constituent LMs.

  3. Our investments are managed by Rathbone and Greenbank who aim to maintain the long-term purchasing power of the capital on a ‘Cautious to Risk’ basis. Investments are chosen such that none shall be in companies which invest in prostitution, munitions and related products, or fossil fuel and mineral extractions, or have more than peripheral engagement in alcohol, tobacco, pornography or gambling. In addition they are proactive in seeking out investment opportunities for projects which accord with our Quaker values, which they then suggest to us. This enables us to be more actively involved in how our investments are used. A recent example is a development initiative for building homes for long-term or permanent housing for the homeless.

  4. We have 2 employees, 1 full time and 1 part-time, looking after the buildings for Newcastle and Sunderland, with increasing involvement with Monkseaton and Allendale Meeting Houses. Trustees are responsible for ensuring that proper employment contracts are in place. NAM is a member of the Living Wage Foundation, which means that all our employees and all regular contractors such as cleaners, are paid the LWF living wage.

  5. Health and safety.

  6. Safeguarding. We have 2 AM safeguarding officers: overseers of each LM consult with them as necessary.

  7. Risk assessment. This is being undertaken by trustees; awaiting further guidance from BYM

  8. Sustainability.

During this year we have not had an AM treasurer, so a group of trustees has taken on this responsibility as a temporary measure which will continue to the end of 2021. This has been an opportunity for trustees to look at AM structures and procedures and make some changes. One has been to change to our current investment managing body.

We have re-appointed our full time employee with a new job description – that of an Area Meeting Resource Manager, to start in 2021. This gives him responsibility to look after all our resources, mainly the 5 Meeting Houses which AM owns, working with each LM. He will oversee issues such as safeguarding, health and safety, and sustainability.

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

This year has seen further developments in the proposed big changes for 2 of our Meeting Houses. The sale of the Sunderland MH has now gone through, and we are looking at plans for finding an alternative building that is more central to life in the city: the plans for major renovation work for the Monkseaton MH are still ongoing. The AM Resource Manager is very involved in these plans.

C Public Benefit

The objective of Northumbria Area Meeting is the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain in the area of Northumbria area Meeting and beyond.

Within NAM, income and property are used to further the Area Meeting’s object by work such as: -

BYM supports, informs, and upholds all the AMs in the UK. It also develops projects which meet the commitment to undertaking Quaker service for the relief of suffering at home and abroad (iii).

An important role of BYM is to be an important influence in the political forming of social and environmental policies, in line with Quaker values.

Activities

It has been very challenging during this year of a global pandemic, to carry out our public benefit objectives in the usual way. Our Meeting Houses have had to stay closed for all or most of the year, so many of our usual activities have not been possible.

How we have coped comes under the following 3 headings:

a) Maintaining the spiritual life of the AM by holding various Meetings for Worship virtually

Discovering the benefits of Zoom, we have been able to continue our Meetings for Worship each Sunday virtually. We have also had mid-week Meetings, and Durham Local Meeting initiated a weekday Epilogue open to everyone in the AM. A bonus of this use of Zoom has been the opportunities to join other local meetings for Sunday worship and social occasions. We have also discovered people who, for various reasons have not been able to come to Meetings, can do so virtually, which means we have been more inclusive.

Newcastle has a children’s Meeting, and some children have joined us in Sunday Worship on Zoom. In December, Newcastle held an all-age Meeting for Worship followed by a virtual ‘Christmas party’ for all which was much enjoyed.

Help was offered to Friends who had difficulty in accessing this technology. Where Friends were unable to use it, arrangements were made for them to be phoned with the details of the readings, ministry, and news of Friends that was shared, so that they were as included as possible.

b) Keeping in contact with and supporting each other, as well as friends and neighbours

Many of our Friends are elderly and many live alone. Maintaining contact by regular phone calls and sending cards have been important ways of keeping our spirits up in this time of limited social meeting.

Help with food shopping, as well as giving help with other practical needs have also been means of maintaining our links with each other.

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

Newcastle (NLM) made a ‘book’ for a member who has mental disabilities and a particularly difficult speech disability, he lives a long way out of Newcastle and telephoning is not possible. The ‘book’ had a few words/messages on one page, and on the opposite page a picture drawn by Friends from the Meeting, and it was professionally printed, with colour. His carers were asked to give it and read it to him. The pictures would help him remember the words, and he would feel remembered and included.

Regular meetings of book groups, Bible study groups and study groups of Faith and Practice have been held. Stocksfield and Newcastle LMs have arranged talks on Zoom with discussion on topics of interest which have been very well attended and appreciated.

Looking more outward, Durham LM has worked with Durham Churches Together, reading a lesson for the cathedral’s Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and carols, and reading at the DCT New Year service. Stocksfield, Allendale and Hexham LMs have also worked with their Churches Together.

Our Quaker Prison Chaplains have continued visiting when permitted, and sent cards and letters when not. Help has been given in collaboration with food banks: Monkseaton’s MH was a distribution centre for most of the year. Hexham debates –they are in their 13th year and have a national reputation for excellent speakers. Debates have been held virtually during this year.

Skimstone Arts

This is a project, now a registered charity, which was created by 2 Newcastle LM Friends, and is given some financial support by NLM, from legacies.

Skimstone Arts works with diverse artists and those at risk of isolation, to create work with, for and about the world that matters to them.

During the period of March-December 2020, the charity faced its biggest challenge yet, to keep as much activity progressing with those most isolated during Covid 19. Two accessible projects called Here’s Your Seat, and Imagine Your Seat were developed. These enabled a shift in creative focus to working ‘differently connected’ with their communities, especially those at high risk of mental health /social isolation by being bedroom/home bound for those in an area of high deprivation, BAME or non-UK residents and communities.

Here’s Your Seat created a compilation of 17 art works – from collections of photos, songs and stories gathered from people in these communities. These were shown in a projection from a local cafe window, with support from Community Police to enable the audience to view and enjoy the projection in safety.

Imagine Your Seat was a special radio broadcast show to share the work that had been made for the project. Radio was a new medium for Skimstone Arts: recruiting a radio and collaborative artist, from Ghana, enabled them to deliver 29 sessions from August to November, from the creative team working with local residents, over Zoom, WhatsApp and phone calls. With her help in developing the new skills needed, script development, script writing and scheduling with time coding to ensure the smooth running of each daily radio broadcast: 3x30mins. radio programmes were made. These featured the original songs, poems and stories created during the sessions by members from the local community as well as works by international artists based in Ghana, all responding to re-imagining the world we live in.

c) Planning for the future

The success of using Zoom at this time, has shown us the value it will have even when we are able to use our Meeting Houses again. Stocksfield and Newcastle LMs are planning to introduce the technology for ‘blended meetings’, where a Meeting can be held and can include Friends who are unable to physically attend but who can be present on Zoom. It will enable us to hold other AM meetings – for training and business matters- which can include Friends who live a long distance away without the problems and costs of travel. Thus reducing our carbon footprint. This technology could also be an attractive facility to hirers of rooms.

Northumbria Conflict Resolution Network (NCRN), initiated by Newcastle LM, was launched in 2008 funded by legacy money from Newcastle LM with matching money from the Joseph Rowntree Trust, and a small grant from Newcastle City Council. It arose from Quaker concerns about violence and conflict in Newcastle, and a worry that agency responses seemed to address the symptoms of conflict rather than the causes. NCRN was therefore set up: not to try to resolve conflicts themselves, but through training, consultation, and facilitation of non-violent conflict resolution, to support others working in the field.

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

They have focused their work in 2020 to celebrate and support positive things local people are doing and to promote work with young people in creative ways of dealing with conflict. Here is the report of their planning for the future.

‘NCRN has connections with the Newcastle schools through the Mindfulness in Schools project, raising awareness of mindfulness among staff and enabling its inclusion in school curricula.

We are currently testing some ideas for a collaboration focussing on workplace trauma and burnout between NCRN Helping the Helpers based at Borgo Bassino in Italy and local schools. Staff at one local school work alongside families who are dealing with issues such as trauma, challenging behaviours and in-work poverty, which, in turn, impact staff’s well-being. The proposed project would deliver training on trauma awareness, prevention and care.

We have also begun discussions around a project with Quaker Voices in Mental Health (QVMH). One of our NCRN members has participated in the newly formed national QVMN group, and several members attended the latest day conference. We will continue to publish the work of this group.

Finally, we are exploring possibilities for a project that would focus on resolving and mediating conflicts where they occur within our Meetings, and possible training to be provided on this’.

Northumbria Area Meeting is a founder member of Tyne and Wear Citizens which was formed in 2015, to work for social justice. The support we give is financial and also through individual involvement in the work.

Achievements this year include Sunderland’s becoming the first local authority to become a Living Wage employer, and the Law Commission’s recommending that misogyny be treated as a hate crime in law, and that intersectional hate be recognised. The latter issues emerged through the work of the Safer Cities group, which has worked with transport providers and supermarkets to develop policies to protect women from harassment. There has been much work to further Free School Meals entitlement during lockdowns and school holidays.

The Safer and Equal Cities group is expanding its role to take in racism, following the response to the Black Lives Matter campaign. It works with large institutions – local authorities, the NHS – to encourage them to carry out racial and religious awareness audits. The Fair, Green and Healthy group is concerned with our environment and our green spaces. The Dignity and Diversity at Work priority arose from concern about austerity and its exacerbation through the pandemic.

The issues that Tyne and Wear Citizens takes up come from listening to concerns raised from consultations with the public. A further listening campaign took place during the year, culminating in decisions on the way forward for the next few years at a delegates assembly. This, together with the AGM, was held online.

Commitment to Sustainability

In 2011 Quakers reaffirmed their commitment to act as a faith community with the ‘Canterbury Commitment’ (minute 36 of Britain Yearly Meeting). This called on Quakers to act in new ways – individually, as local communities, as a corporate body of faith, and politically. It recognized that the environmental crisis is enmeshed with global economic injustice and that tackling inequality is central to taking action on climate change. The Canterbury Commitment also makes clear that this is a spiritual task.

Those LMs having their own premises have all ensured that their electricity comes from green energy suppliers. Newcastle use solar panels on their MH roof. The desire for energy sustainability is important to the Meeting House planning of Monkseaton and Sunderland LMs. Those who meet in rented premises have been active in trying to improve their sustainability.

Trustees have led the way by using videoconferencing to replace some face-to-face meetings to reduce travel, during 2019. During 2020 all our gatherings, for business or social meetings, have all needed to be conducted on Zoom. This has shown us the great advantage of meeting in this way – besides being more inclusive in that people normally hindered by the difficulties of travelling quite long distances, the environmental as well as time costs are much reduced.

Alongside the use of Zoom for our local meetings activities, we have also developed our IT infrastructure, including a soft relaunch of a more attractive website and the use of a Microsoft 365 licence for the Area Meeting. These developments will continue into 2021 and we will use the Teams functionality for future meetings, and other applications for the necessary business of the charity.

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

Commitment to Equality and Diversity

In 2017, Britain Yearly Meeting heard the call to ‘examine its diversity. What ways are we already diverse? Where do our strengths and weaknesses lie in terms of inclusion? Both these questions need to be answered if we are to understand the nature and make up of this old and important faith community that has a history of significant contribution to British and international equality.’

We hold our Equality testimony very close to our hearts, in that we, as Quakers, believe everyone is equal, which inspires us to try to change the systems that cause injustice and that stop us being genuine communities.

The way in which we have demonstrated this commitment in 2020 has been via our collaborative work with Tyne and Wear Citizens, our local Churches Together groups and in the case of Monkseaton working with a local charitable group providing food parcels for those in need.

Over the course of the year the pandemic has been able to show us increasing differences (health, deprivation etc.) between communities and we continue to show our faith in action through a wide range of initiatives. We fully expect this will continue in the future.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

The Income of the charity in 2020 was £145,223 (2019 £192,241), of which £Nil (2019 £Nil) was attributable to Restricted Funds.

Total Resources Expended were £168,432 (2019 £188,478). The expenditure is analysed in the detailed Statement of Financial Activities.. Hopefully this will enable Friends to see where resources are being expended across the Area Meeting.

The net movement in funds was a decrease of £31,587 (2019 increase of £86,299).

Monkseaton Local Meeting continues to consider the issues relating to its building. A feasibility study for options for the development of Monkseaton Meeting house was previously carried out at a cost of £10K and friends are considering how to go forward.

During 2020 £40,067 (2019 £12,025) was contributed (or committed) to the work of Britain Yearly Meeting. The recorded number of members was 240. Average contribution per member was £167 (2019 £50) excluding individual contributions.

Investment policy and objectives

Northumbria Area Meeting takes an ethical stance on investments, in preference over financial returns.

Reserves policy

It is the policy of Northumbria Area Meeting to retain liquid funds in current account and on short-term deposit adequate to meet 18 months of financial activity. Net Current Assets totalled £279,461 (2019 £225,716) - which compared with total expenditure of £168,432 (2019 £188,478).

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Risk management

The charity is aware of the Commission's guidance on risk management including the development of a policy, identifying risks, assessing and evaluating the action(s) to be taken, review, monitor and assess periodically. Trustees are engaged in the process of drawing up an assessment of risk and ways of managing it for NAM.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number 1134532

Principal address Quaker Meeting House West Avenue Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE3 4ES

Trustees

Jeff Dean co-clerk (Durham LM) Gillian Moore co-clerk (Sunderland LM) Howard Maskill (Hexham LM) Nigel Barnes (Allendale LM) Cait Foley (Monkseaton LM) Marcia Lemon (Newcastle LM) Simon Court (Newcastle LM from December 2020) Graham Howard Taylor (Stocksfield) David Westgate AM Assistant Clerk (ex officio)

Independent Examiner

Murray and Lamb Limited Chartered Accountants 1st Floor, Portland House Belmont Business Park Durham DH1 1TW

Custodian Trustee Friends Trusts Ltd Friends House 173-177 Euston Road London NW1 2BJ Registered Charity No. 237698

Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:

........................................................................ J Dean - Trustee

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2020.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mr W. H. Sawyer ICAEW Murray and Lamb Limited Chartered Accountants 1st Floor, Portland House Belmont Business Park Durham DH1 1TW

Date: .............................................

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Statement of Financial Activities

for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

Notes
INCOME AND
ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
4
Holding of public meetings for
worship & promotion of
religious and other charitable
work
Other trading activities
2
Investment income
3
Other income
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
5
Charitable activities
6
Holding of public meetings for
worship & promotion of
religious and other charitable
work
Total
Net gains/(losses) on
investments
NET
INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
RECONCILIATION OF
FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD		 Unrestricted
funds

£
106,216
100
440
28,583
9,884
145,223
5,576
162,856
168,432
(8,378)
(31,587)
2,008,041
1,976,454		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
38,083
38,083		 Endowment
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17,000
17,000		 2020
Total
funds
£
106,216
100
440
28,583
9,884
145,223
5,576
162,856
168,432
(8,378)
(31,587)
2,063,124
2,031,537		 2019
Total
funds
£
159,656
209
33
32,343
-
192,241
16,768
171,710
188,478
82,536
86,299
1,976,825
2,063,124

The notes form part of these financial statements

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain

Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Balance Sheet 31 December 2020

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
10
Investments
Investments
11
Investment property
12
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors: amounts falling due
within one year
13
Cash at bank
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one
year
14
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
16
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Endowment funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 Unrestricted
funds

£
912,283
605,355
180,000
1,697,638
20,949
278,025
298,974
(20,158)
278,816
1,976,454
1,976,454		 Restricted
funds
£
-
54,438
-
54,438
-
647
647
(17,002)
(16,355)
38,083
38,083		 Endowment
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
17,000
17,000
-
17,000
17,000
17,000		 2020
Total
funds
£
912,283
659,793
180,000
1,752,076
20,949
295,672
316,621
(37,160)
279,461
2,031,537
2,031,537
1,976,454
38,083
17,000
2,031,537		 2019
Total
funds
£
934,319
723,089
180,000
1,837,408
14,696
251,421
266,117
(40,401)
225,716
2,063,124
2,063,124
2,008,041
38,083
17,000
2,063,124

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:

............................................. N Barnes - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102 and is registered as a Charity in England and Wales, being constituted by governing document. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Meeting's ability to continue as a going concern.

The charity has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland':

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

A key assumption that affects items in the financial statements relates to estimating the fair value of the functional and investment properties.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Contributions, donations and legacies are treated as income in the year in which they are received. No distinction is made between scheduled contributions and other donations as there are no tax implications since the change in the Gift Aid tax law in 2000.

Rental Income is recognised on a straight-line basis in accordance with the rental agreement.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Activities (Charitable)

This heading in the accounts covers money spent in what can be regarded as "furthering the charitable activities of Northumbria Area Meeting" and includes spending on organising meetings; buying books for the library and material for children and young people as well as expenditure incurred sending representatives to Councils, Central Committees, and Conferences.

Premises costs, Contributions & Grants, and Administrative costs (Charitable and non-charitable)

Only expenditure on functional premises can be regarded as "charitable". Costs of repairs and refurbishment of investment properties are included as Investment Property Expenses.

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1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Expenditure

A Building Fund has been established with contributions from Area Meeting General Fund and each Local Meeting. These costs are shown in notes where they occur. Likewise costs entered under Administration are in furtherance of the charitable aims except where marked in a note.

Expenditure shown as 'contributions and grants' refers to money paid directly out of Area and Local Meeting Funds.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

The functional properties in this Area Meeting comprise 5 Meeting Houses.

Allendale Meeting House, Wooley Burnfoot, Allendale, NE47 9AA Newcastle Meeting House West Avenue, Gosforth, NE3 4ES Monkseaton Meeting House, 23 Front Street, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, NE25 8A Sunderland Meeting House, 30 Roker Park Road, Sunderland, SR6 9PG Stocksfield Meeting House, Branch End, Stocksfield, NE43 7NA

These properties are held for the furtherance of the Area Meeting's charitable purposes.

There is, in addition, an investment property in the care of Newcastle LM [39 Benton Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7LX] and an investment property in the care of Allendale LM [Allendale Meeting House Cottage].

After careful review of the guidance contained in the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting by Charities" (2005 edition) the trustees decided with effect from 31st December 2009 to include the above properties on the Balance Sheet at a reasonable estimate of their current value.

A revaluation was carried out by the trustees of all the functional and investment properties on a fair value basis as at 31st December 2012. Changes in fair value are transferred to the Revaluation Reserve. In the opinion of the trustees, the value of such properties at 31st December 2018 is not significantly different to the position at 31st December 2012.

Subsequent to 31st December 2009, depreciation is provided on properties at a rate of 2% on cost per annum with the exception of:

Properties that are scheduled to be sold in a subsequent financial period; Properties that are currently undergoing re-development; Investment properties.

Depreciation is provided on Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment on a straight line basis over five years. Where Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment are acquired at a cost of £100 or more, such expenditure is capitalised.

Investment property

Investment property is shown at most recent valuation. Any aggregate surplus or deficit arising from changes in fair value is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

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1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Fund accounting

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Advice has been received from Britain Yearly Meeting Quaker Stewardship Committee regarding the application of restricted status to specific funds.

"In December 2007 members of Stewardship Committee had a meeting with two officials of the Charity Commission to discuss the process of charitable registration which will affect about a third of our AMs during 2008. At this meeting we learned some points about the presentation of our accounts, in response to questions raised some time ago.

Local meetings, within which Friends meet and worship regularly, are regarded as "branches" of the area meeting, which is the overarching body and the charity for registration purposes. Each local meeting needs funds to run; it accounts for the stewardship of these funds to the area meeting. The AM treasurer reports by presenting a set of accounts that incorporates the local meeting accounts (see Quaker faith & practice §4.07 l; revised to become §4.10 in 2007).

We have been accustomed to show local meeting funds as "restricted" in our accounts, since they have clearly been set aside for the purposes of the local meeting. However, the Charity Commission has drawn our attention to the fact that, in accounting terms, these funds should be shown as unrestricted funds which have been "designated" for the purposes of the local meeting.

For a fund to be restricted it must have had a very clear and legally-binding restriction placed on it by the donor. The treasurer should retain evidence of this - for example, a trust created in a Will. Endowment funds are good examples of restricted funds."

In order to differentiate how Funds can be used, they are categorised according to the following definitions:

Unrestricted Funds (UF) - Funds which are freely available for any purpose of Northumbria Area Meeting.

Designated Funds (DF) - are a subcategory of UF, and are funds which have been set aside for specific purposes, but which remain at the discretion of the Area Meeting. Following the advice of the Charity Commission, given above, Local Meeting Funds and the various Funds held at Area Meeting level are "Designated".

Restricted Funds (RF) - Funds which have been earmarked by the donor or testator for certain specific purposes.

Endowment Funds (EF) - Funds in which the capital must be preserved and only the income may be used for general or specific purposes as specified by the donor or testator.

Northumbria Area Meeting Trustees agreed that the categorisation of funds should follow the advice of the Charity Commission.

Investments

Investments are a form of basic financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing market price. The Statement of Financial Activities includes the net gains and losses arising on the revaluation and disposals throughout the year. Investments in the form of shares are included at their market or estimated realisable value at 31st December.

Current Asset investments are in the form of bank deposit accounts.

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2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

Sales - direct
Other Income
3.
INVESTMENT INCOME
Investment Property Rent
Dividends
Interest
4.
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Activity
Friends payments -
Conf/events
Holding of public meetings for worship &
promotion of religious and other charitable
work
5.
RAISING FUNDS
Investment management costs
Investment management fees
Property repairs
6.
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Direct
Costs
£
Holding of public meetings for worship
& promotion of religious and other
charitable work
152,425		 2020
£
20
420
440
2020
£
10,808
17,558
217
28,583
2020
£
100
2020
£
4,183
1,393
5,576
Support
costs
£
10,431		 2019
£
33
-
33
2019
£
11,634
20,410
299
32,343
2019
£
209
2019
£
5,989
10,779
16,768
Totals
£
162,856

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7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2020 nor for the year ended 31 December 2019.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2020 nor for the year ended 31 December 2019.

8. STAFF COSTS

STAFF COSTS
Wages and salaries 2020
£
32,400
32,400		 2019
£
43,210
43,210

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

Average number 2020
2		 2019
2

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

9. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Holding of public meetings for worship &
promotion of religious and other charitable
work
Other trading activities
Investment income
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Holding of public meetings for worship &
promotion of religious and other charitable
work
Total
Net gains on investments		 Unrestricted
funds
£
159,656
209
33
32,343
192,241
16,768
171,710		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Endowment
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total
funds
£
159,656
209
33
32,343
192,241
16,768
171,710
188,478
82,536		 -
-		 -
-		 188,478
82,536

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9.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
NET INCOME
86,299
-
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
1,921,742
38,083
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
2,008,041
38,083
10.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Freehold
property
£
COST
At 1 January 2020
1,085,000
Additions
-
At 31 December 2020
1,085,000
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2020
151,900
Charge for year
21,700
At 31 December 2020
173,600
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2020
911,400
At 31 December 2019
933,100
11.
FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Listed
investments
£
MARKET VALUE
At 1 January 2020
687,455
Additions
446,133
Disposals
(501,051)
Revaluations
(8,378)
At 31 December 2020
624,159
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2020
624,159
At 31 December 2019
687,455
There were no investment assets outside the UK.		 9.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
NET INCOME
86,299
-
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
1,921,742
38,083
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
2,008,041
38,083
10.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Freehold
property
£
COST
At 1 January 2020
1,085,000
Additions
-
At 31 December 2020
1,085,000
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2020
151,900
Charge for year
21,700
At 31 December 2020
173,600
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2020
911,400
At 31 December 2019
933,100
11.
FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Listed
investments
£
MARKET VALUE
At 1 January 2020
687,455
Additions
446,133
Disposals
(501,051)
Revaluations
(8,378)
At 31 December 2020
624,159
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2020
624,159
At 31 December 2019
687,455
There were no investment assets outside the UK.		 - continued
Endowment
funds
£
-
17,000
17,000
Fixtures
and
fittings
£
22,611
151
22,762
21,392
487
21,879
883
1,219
Unlisted
investments
£
35,634
-
-
-
35,634
35,634
35,634		 Total
funds
£
86,299
1,976,825
2,063,124
Totals
£
1,107,611
151
1,107,762
173,292
22,187
195,479
912,283
934,319
Totals
£
723,089
446,133
(501,051)
(8,378)
659,793
659,793
723,089

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for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

12. INVESTMENT PROPERTY

FAIR VALUE
At 1 January 2020
and 31 December 2020
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2020
At 31 December 2019
13.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Other debtors
Recoverable Gift Aid
Prepayments and accrued income
14.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 15)
Other creditors
15.
LOANS
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
Amounts falling due within one year on demand:
Bank overdrafts		 2020
£
3,122
13,685
4,142
20,949
2020
£
28,746
8,414
37,160
2020
£
28,746		 £
180,000		 £
180,000
180,000
180,000
2019
£
3,122
6,707
4,867
14,696
2019
£
28,746
11,655
40,401
2019
£
28,746

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16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Unrestricted funds
Allendale Local Meeting
Alnwick Local Meeting
Durham Local Meeting
Hexham Local Meeting
Monkseaton Local Meeting
Newcastle Local Meeting
Stocksfield Local Meeting
Sunderland Local Meeting
Area Meeting General
Area Meeting Buildings
Restricted funds
McClelland Legacy
Endowment funds
Newcastle Endowment
Stocksfield Endowment
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1.1.20
£
194,102
3,609
13,917
12,964
182,639
1,312,373
83,007
187,091
13,021
5,318
2,008,041
38,083
10,000
7,000
17,000
2,063,124		 Net
movement
in funds
£
(2,070)
152
3,600
(1,756)
(2,858)
9,400
1,163
(18,848)
(20,370)
-
(31,587)
-
-
-
-
(31,587)		 Transfers
between
funds
£
(1,085)
119
(3,570)
(3,910)
(2,657)
(42,042)
(3,167)
13,000
43,312
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 At
31.12.20
£
190,947
3,880
13,947
7,298
177,124
1,279,731
81,003
181,243
35,963
5,318
1,976,454
38,083
10,000
7,000
17,000
2,031,537

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
Allendale Local Meeting
Alnwick Local Meeting
Durham Local Meeting
Hexham Local Meeting
Monkseaton Local Meeting
Newcastle Local Meeting
Stocksfield Local Meeting
Sunderland Local Meeting
Area Meeting General
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
2,663
1,279
8,126
13,229
9,939
69,387
12,114
22,712
5,774
145,223
145,223		 Resources
expended
£
(4,733)
(1,127)
(4,526)
(14,985)
(12,797)
(51,609)
(10,951)
(41,560)
(26,144)
(168,432)
(168,432)		 Gains and
Movement
losses
in funds
£
£
-
(2,070)
-
152
-
3,600
-
(1,756)
-
(2,858)
(8,378)
9,400
-
1,163
-
(18,848)
-
(20,370)
(8,378)
(31,587)
(8,378)
(31,587)

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16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Unrestricted funds
Allendale Local Meeting
Alnwick Local Meeting
Durham Local Meeting
Hexham Local Meeting
Monkseaton Local Meeting
Newcastle Local Meeting
Stocksfield Local Meeting
Sunderland Local Meeting
Area Meeting General
Area Meeting Buildings
Restricted funds
McClelland Legacy
Endowment funds
Newcastle Endowment
Stocksfield Endowment
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1.1.19
£
192,794
3,257
10,688
9,893
182,947
1,212,167
85,601
199,591
17,784
7,020
1,921,742
38,083
10,000
7,000
17,000
1,976,825		 Net
movement
in funds
£
(378)
1,218
4,585
6,965
(823)
109,378
894
(17,944)
(17,595)
(1)
86,299
-
-
-
-
86,299		 Transfers
between
funds
£
1,686
(866)
(1,356)
(3,894)
515
(9,172)
(3,488)
5,444
12,832
(1,701)
-
-
-
-
-
-		 At
31.12.19
£
194,102
3,609
13,917
12,964
182,639
1,312,373
83,007
187,091
13,021
5,318
2,008,041
38,083
10,000
7,000
17,000
2,063,124

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
Allendale Local Meeting
Alnwick Local Meeting
Durham Local Meeting
Hexham Local Meeting
Monkseaton Local Meeting
Newcastle Local Meeting
Stocksfield Local Meeting
Sunderland Local Meeting
Area Meeting General
Area Meeting Buildings
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
2,296
1,989
9,445
14,247
6,480
94,067
10,455
47,384
5,879
(1)
192,241
192,241		 Resources
expended
£
(2,674)
(771)
(4,860)
(7,282)
(7,303)
(67,225)
(9,561)
(65,328)
(23,474)
-
(188,478)
(188,478)		 Gains and
Movement
losses
in funds
£
£
-
(378)
-
1,218
-
4,585
-
6,965
-
(823)
82,536
109,378
-
894
-
(17,944)
-
(17,595)
-
(1)
82,536
86,299
82,536
86,299

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16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Unrestricted funds
Allendale Local Meeting
Alnwick Local Meeting
Durham Local Meeting
Hexham Local Meeting
Monkseaton Local Meeting
Newcastle Local Meeting
Stocksfield Local Meeting
Sunderland Local Meeting
Area Meeting General
Area Meeting Buildings
Restricted funds
McClelland Legacy
Endowment funds
Newcastle Endowment
Stocksfield Endowment
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1.1.19
£
192,794
3,257
10,688
9,893
182,947
1,212,167
85,601
199,591
17,784
7,020
1,921,742
38,083
10,000
7,000
17,000
1,976,825		 Net
movement
in funds
£
(2,448)
1,370
8,185
5,209
(3,681)
118,778
2,057
(36,792)
(37,965)
(1)
54,712
-
-
-
-
54,712		 Transfers
between
funds
£
601
(747)
(4,926)
(7,804)
(2,142)
(51,214)
(6,655)
18,444
56,144
(1,701)
-
-
-
-
-
-		 At
31.12.20
£
190,947
3,880
13,947
7,298
177,124
1,279,731
81,003
181,243
35,963
5,318
1,976,454
38,083
10,000
7,000
17,000
2,031,537

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
Allendale Local Meeting
Alnwick Local Meeting
Durham Local Meeting
Hexham Local Meeting
Monkseaton Local Meeting
Newcastle Local Meeting
Stocksfield Local Meeting
Sunderland Local Meeting
Area Meeting General
Area Meeting Buildings
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
4,959
3,268
17,571
27,476
16,419
163,454
22,569
70,096
11,653
(1)
337,464
337,464		 Resources
expended
£
(7,407)
(1,898)
(9,386)
(22,267)
(20,100)
(118,834)
(20,512)
(106,888)
(49,618)
-
(356,910)
(356,910)		 Gains and
Movement
losses
in funds
£
£
-
(2,448)
-
1,370
-
8,185
-
5,209
-
(3,681)
74,158
118,778
-
2,057
-
(36,792)
-
(37,965)
-
(1)
74,158
54,712
74,158
54,712

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16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Restricted Funds

A legacy of £100,000 was received in 2014 from the estate of the late Grigor McClelland. The terms of the legacy are:

(a) I GIVE the sum of One Hundred Thousand Pounds to the NEWCASTLE LOCAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS to be used for the purposes of individual and corporate development and 'outreach' and services to benefit the local community.

Endowment Funds

During the Year Ended 31st December 2019, there was no movement in the Stocksfield Endowment Fund which had a balance of £7,000. There was also no movement in the Newcastle Endowment Fund (Regnart Legacy) of £10,000 which was received in 2012 by Newcastle Local Meeting.

17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2020.

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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Collection & Donations
Gift aid
Legacies
Meeting House Lettings
Other Grants received
Other trading activities
Sales - direct
Other Income
Investment income
Investment Property Rent
Dividends
Interest
Charitable activities
Friends payments - Conf/events
Other income
Other Receipts
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Investment management costs
Investment management fees
Property repairs
Charitable activities
Salaries and wages
Rates and water
Premises Insurance
Light and heat
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Carried forward		 2020
£
78,312
13,688
-
8,216
6,000
106,216
20
420
440
10,808
17,558
217
28,583
100
9,884
145,223
4,183
1,393
5,576
32,400
969
4,670
8,916
1,042
957
48,954		 2019
£
86,938
11,315
11,913
43,490
6,000
159,656
33
-
33
11,634
20,410
299
32,343
209
-
192,241
5,989
10,779
16,768
43,210
1,318
3,907
9,279
2,770
470
60,954

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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

Charitable activities
Brought forward
Advertising
Cleaning
Clerks' Expenses
Treasurer Expenses
Elders
Overseers
Individual Grant - Overseers
Children's Meeting
General travel expenses
Friends' expenses
Subscriptions
Books & Literature
Speaker's Expenses
Event Costs
Catering
Website
BYM Attendance Expenses
Conference Representative
Quaker Role Training
Contributions to BYM
Grant - Quaker - Other
NCRN Zippy's Friends
NCRN Travel & Expenses
NCRN Administration
NCRN Consultancy
Grant - Non - Quaker
Gas
Rent
Security
Maintenance
Repairs
Other premises costs
Property Professional Fees
Materials costs
Equipment purchases
Donation
Freehold property
Fixtures and fittings
Support costs
Finance
Bank charges
Governance costs
Independent Examination
Carried forward		 2020
£
48,954
235
3,699
39
67
319
79
-
-
-
616
398
1,009
365
272
28
439
-
1,777
1,825
40,067
3,556
-
72
-
583
5,750
-
3,258
428
4,714
8,442
113
644
-
2,470
20
21,700
487
152,425
65
2,000
2,000		 2019
£
60,954
888
6,677
116
43
224
317
275
139
1,998
913
600
313
171
2,580
29
1,096
1,062
1,817
4,039
12,025
4,248
363
-
615
-
8,326
3,746
6,914
1,131
16,444
432
1,398
500
253
3,173
-
21,700
444
165,963
60
3,410
3,410

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

Governance costs
Brought forward
Professional Fees
Trustees meeting expenses
Total resources expended
Net (expenditure)/income before gains and
losses
Realised recognised gains and losses
Realised gains/(losses) on fixed asset investments
Net (expenditure)/income		 2020
£
2,000
8,366
-
10,366
168,432
(23,209)
(24,392)
(47,601)		 2019
£
3,410
2,208
69
5,687
188,478
3,763
17,362
21,125

This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements

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