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THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING

REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1134540

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN

BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

CONTENTS
Page
Trustees' Annual Report 1-8
Report of the Independent Examiner 9
Receipts and Payments account 10
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 11
Notes to the Accounts 12-13

BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING Charity number 1134540 Trustees Annual Report 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2025

Legal and Administrative information.

Constituent Meetings.

The Area Meeting comprises 6 local Meetings:-

Bournemouth and Fordingbridge, Lymington, New Milton, Poole, Swanage and Wimborne. Of these New Milton and Poole have Meeting Houses. Their addresses are:Quaker Meeting House, 30, Whitefield Road, New Milton, Hants BH25 6DF Quaker Meeting House, 52, Wimborne Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 2BY

Officers of the Area Meeting – 2025

Clerk: Penny Estall (Poole)

Assistant Clerk: Susan Green (Wimborne) to 25/5/2025, Angela Jacobs (Poole) from 12/7/2025

Clerks’ Team: Ruth Bush (W) , Jeremy Deane (P), David Mason (NM), Janet Warren (B) to 4/5/2025, Wendy Sender (B) from 25/5/2025, Stuart Yates (B) from 25/5/2025, Marguerite Willcox (L), Barbara Winwood (W), Alison Sepping (P), Anna Clements (P) (Correspondents Helen Rouse, Wendy Sender, (B), Beth Crutch (S)

Treasurer: Ann Green (P)

Assistant Treasurer: Tom Sanders (P) Registering Officer for Marriages: Jeni Bremner (L). Deputy Registering Officer: Penny Estall (P).

Trustees

Trustees who served during 2025 are:

David Brown (Bournemouth), Ann Green (Poole, Treasurer), Kate Mellor (Poole, co-Clerk), Alison Sepping (Poole, co-Clerk), David Mason (New Milton).

Trustees serving at the date of signing this report:

David Brown (New Milton), Ann Green (Poole, Treasurer), David Mason (New Milton), Kate Mellor (Poole, co-Clerk), Alison Sepping (Poole, coClerk).

Bankers

CAF Bank Ltd, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME9 4TA. Co-operative Bank, 1, Balloon Street, Manchester M60 4EP. Triodos Bank, Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AS.

Shawbrook Bank, Lutea House, Warley Hill Business Park, The Drive, Great Warley Brentwood CM13 3BE.

Custodian Trustee

Friends Trusts Ltd, Friends House, 173,Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Registered Charity 237698

Independent Examiner

Sue Wintle, Oak Accounting Ltd, 27, Bascott Road, Wallisdown, Bournemouth, BH11 8RJ.

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Structure, Governance and Management

Bournemouth Coastal Area Quaker Meeting, ( BCAM), is a charity established for the advancement of religious understanding and practice such as derive from or bear witness to the principles and practices of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

The principal activity is the holding of Meetings for Worship in the constituent local Meetings of Bournemouth and Fordingbridge Local Meeting (LM), Lymington LM, New Milton LM, Poole LM, Swanage LM and Wimborne LM.

The affairs of the Area Meeting are governed by Quaker Faith and Practice, the Book of Discipline of Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.

Bournemouth Coastal Area Meeting has overall responsibility for the spiritual, pastoral and financial affairs of the constituent local meetings. The separate accounts of the constituent meetings are consolidated into the examined accounts of the Area Meeting that are attached to this Trustees’ annual report.

The members of the Area Meeting are all those persons whose names are for the time being recorded in its official register.

The Governing Document was adopted by Area Meeting in session on 20/7/2008 (minute 7). It was amended by Area Meeting in session on 23/5/2021, again on 22/5/22 and again on 1/4/2024.

Trustees are appointed by the Area Meeting in accordance with this governing document. All trustees have signed a Declaration of Eligibility to serve as a trustee. Training of trustees, when required, is provided through online courses offered by the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, by ACAT (the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers) and the Charity Commission.

The aim of the trustees is to support the principal activities of the Area Meeting.

Public Benefit Statement

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities.

We use our resources to deepen and share our spiritual experience and to support acts of witness which arise from our faith. Our local meetings for worship are open to all. We have no tests of belief: membership of our Society is open to anyone who is sincerely seeking truth. Our Meeting Houses are used by a variety of community groups.

Objectives and Activities

The object of the 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 Bournemouth Coastal Area Meeting and beyond. The principal activity is the holding of meetings for worship in the constituent local Meetings.

The Area Meeting, which meets six times a year, is the primary meeting for church affairs in the Bournemouth Coastal Area. Its role is to develop and maintain a community of Friends, a family of local meetings who gather for worship and spiritual enrichment. It strives to provide a balance between worship, mutual support, administration, learning, deliberation, social life and building up the spiritual life of its members.

The Area Meeting acts as a facilitator and co-ordinator, ensuring that the constituent local meetings have access to opportunities for fellowship, spiritual development, and spiritual and pastoral care, including the care of children, young people and adults at risk.. It also provides support through the shared testing of concerns.

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In order to provide the required support to local meetings, the Area Meeting arranges:-

The Area Meeting has been jointly responsible with Hampshire and the Islands Area Quaker Meeting for the Hampshire, South East Dorset and Islands Regional Quaker Gatherings.There are no longer regular Regional Quaker Gatherings but other ways of keeping in contact are evolving.

To enable Friends across the Area Meeting to meet in person, but also enable as many as possible to take part, this year our winter Area Meetings (January, March and November) were held on-line and our summer ones (May, July and September) were held on site, but with blended access via zoom for those only able to attend online.

All our trustees’ meetings were held on-line via zoom.

Strengthening the life and witness of our Quaker Meetings

It is our Meetings for Worship that lie at the heart of our Quakerism. To enable as many Friends who wish to take part in our worship to do so, our weekly Sunday morning online Area Meeting Meetings for worship have continued, as has the Poole Midweek online Meeting for Worship.

An Area Meeting for Worship for Healing continues online monthly.

Bournemouth, New Milton and Poole Meetings meet in person weekly. Lymington and Wimborne Meetings meet in person twice a month and Fordingbridge Friends meet monthly in a Friend’s home.

Swanage Friends have continued to worship online twice monthly and New Milton Friends have held an online Meeting for Worship at the same time as their in person one.

Bournemouth Meeting welcomes children to Meeting for Worship.

Other local Meetings provide activities for children but there were no visiting children in 2025.

Meetings across the Area have held study groups, including an online ‘Quiet reflections’ group with a wide variety of topics.

Poole Meeting started monthly themed ‘Quakers sharing’ discussion groups for the whole Meeting.

Bournemouth Meeting held a monthly discussion group on passages from ‘Quaker Faith and Practice’.

An online Area Meeting Group for ‘Experiment with Light’ is held weekly. Members from the Meetings attended and enjoyed a Regional Gathering entitled ‘Deepening our Spiritual life and finding the language to share it with others’ in Southampton in October at which Ben Pink Dandelion spoke.

There was a ‘Beach of Dreams ‘ outreach event, constructing a labyrinth on Boscombe beach, with messages about Climate Change on decorated pebbles, shared with the Hampshire and Islands Area Meeting.

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Across the Area there have been social events –A New Year’s Day walk and lunch, shared lunches, poetry afternoons and an outing to the Lighthouse carol concert . The craft group have continued to meet monthly in Wimborne and continued to craft sensory books for the blind.

There is an Area Book Group.

Poole Meeting now has a monthly writers group, ‘Write from the Heart’.

There were two more very enjoyable ‘Play and Pray’ away days, to the ancient St Augustine’s well at Cerne Abbas and to the ancient Knowlton Church, set in Neolithic earth ring mounds in North Dorset.

Our libraries have always been a valued resource for our Meetings. One of our Elders is in the process of cataloguing the books in all our libraries with the aim of enabling Friends across the Area to share these resources. Most of the books from Bournemouth Meeting House library have been sorted and shelved with the library in Poole Meeting house, making a very attractive and comfortable quiet library room.

Spreading the message of Quakers and developing the thought and practice of our Religious Society.

In addition to the activities mentioned in the previous section, we have a thrice yearly Area Meeting Magazine, ‘News and Views’, and four of our Local Meetings produce regular newsletters.

We have an Area Meeting website and 3 of our Local Meetings also have their own website.

Posters with information about Quaker interests and activities are displayed at our Meeting Houses and have led to some of those using our buildings becoming interested in sharing our worship.

Bournemouth, Poole and Wimborne Meetings are all registered with a national website, ‘ Discovering Quakers ‘, to encourage visits by people who have not previously experienced Quaker meetings.

Local Friends took part in a ‘Human Library ‘ event at Bournemouth University, where students and others were encouraged to ask questions about Quakers.

New Milton, Swanage and Wimborne Meetings have posters in their towns giving details of their Worship and how to join them.

New Milton had an article in the ‘Christian Comment’ column, about Quaker values published in the local newspaper.

Poole Meeting held Silent Protests in the front garden to highlight concerns for Palestine.

Swanage Meeting have continued to speak for equality of access to health care by supporting Swanage Hospital and the Ambulance Car.

Swanage Meeting held a short Meeting for Worship and laid a wreath of white, red and purple poppies at the Swanage war memorial to mark Remembrance Day.

All our Meetings are involved with interdenominational and interfaith groups, including representatives to Churches Together in Poole and Bournemouth Free Church Council. A Swanage Friend read at the local churches’ World Day of Prayer’ service. Swanage Friends provided and decorated a tree for the annual Christmas Tree display in a Swanage church.

A local Friend is a member of the Bournemouth University Chaplaincy team.

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A Friend is chaplain to the local hospitals.

Undertaking Service for the Relief of Suffering at home and abroad.

A number of meetings are making financial donations and/or regular collections for their local Food Bank and individual Friends across the area are acting as Food Bank volunteers.

The Area Meeting Sanctuary group has met regularly and is involved in the Bournemouth and Poole ‘City of Sanctuary’ group.

There has been involvement across the area with individuals and their families and items needed have been collected and delivered.

Some Bournemouth Friends continued to visit a local hotel housing asylum seekers to help with practice in English conversation by playing board games and arranging an outing to Hengistbury Head.

Poole and Wimborne Friends met with their new constituency Members of Parliament to discuss local and national provision for asylum seekers and refugees in 2024 and have continued with dialogue since then.

A Wimborne Friend maintains an internet ‘blog’ site with important information from the news media about events and legislation affecting asylum seekers and refugees. A talk about refugees’ difficulties was given at Wimborne Christian Aid Week.

Other service given by Meetings or members individually includes:

Participation in 'Circles of Support and Accountability’ for Sex Offenders and acting as a trustee for this charity;

Another Friend is a trustee with ‘Routes to Roots’, a local charity working with those without homes. Other Friends volunteer for this charity.

Provision of Christmas parcels and presents for families known to Poole Social Services continued.

‘Food for Thought’ parcels were distributed in Swanage with a note recording the support of Swanage Quakers.

Funding the concerns that Quaker Meetings both in the area of Bournemouth Coastal Meeting or beyond have adopted or agreed to support.

Over the years Local Meetings have supported many local, national and international charities by holding collections locally or by donating to Quaker organisations. They also continue to support Britain Yearly Meeting and Area Meeting through their financial contributions.

Local Meetings agree annual lists of charities to be supported from Sunday collections. Causes supported also include giving to appeals from other Meeting Houses. Poole Meeting has a ‘Disaster Relief Fund’; which is used to enable rapid response to appeals following major disasters.

They also have a Social Action fund to support local charities.

Providing for the pastoral care of individual members and attenders including assistance for those in need and for education.

Our Local Meetings provide pastoral care for their members and attenders either through appointed Pastoral Care Friends or by a system of group care.

Pastoral Care Friends endeavour to be aware of sources of financial or other help that could be available for those in need.

The meeting with children and young people provides encouragement and financial support for them to attend Quaker events.

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The Area Meeting has an arrangement with ‘Due Diligence Checking Ltd’ to carry out criminal record checks on all those working with children and adults at risk.Local Meetings appoint Friends to ensure these are kept up to date.

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A face to face Safeguarding Refresher Training for Friends across the Area Meeting was held in May. A safeguarding poster was devised for display in the Meeting Houses. The Safeguarding Trustee and Safeguarding Officer attended online the two Safeguarding Coordinators’ Meetings.

Financial support is available for adults to take part in courses provided by Woodbrooke or other Quaker organisations, either in person or online. A Friend attended a ‘Spiritual Nurture and Pastoral Care’ conference. Two Friends attended the Quaker Universalist conference.

Maintaining and developing Quaker Meeting Houses as places for public worship and from which to carry out our witness into the world.

The most recent quinquennial survey of the Meeting Houses was carried out in 2022.

Poole Meeting has been able to work on the issues raised by the survey and to pay for the work needed. Damp problems were found in the adjoining house upper flat and were thought to result from leakage around the common chimney stack. The chimney stack was removed and the resultant roof space tiled.

The front garden was remodelled, the entrance enlarged and a wide, step free path constructed.

New Milton Meeting are managing to deal with most of the issues raised in the survey, prioritising what needs to be done and holding work parties to carry out some items. They plan to replace the library windows and glass front of the lobby and are getting cost estimates.

The sale of Bournemouth Meeting House took up most of the year with much effort, much decision making and many setbacks.

The Constance Rothman Trust withdrew their offer as there were delays over planning permission. An offer from a local developer did not make progress when a deadline was given. An offer from a day nursery was made and then withdrawn. Interest from a further developer was made and then withdrawn. Eventually in September a lasting offer of £925,000 was made by Yatesmain Ltd, who intend to adapt the building for use as a day nursery.

The wardens terminated their employment and vacated the flat in April. An employment solicitor gave advice about their financial settlement.

Richard Colbert continued with caretaker and gardening duties.Following a theft from the garage and illegal camping in the garden, a company provided security until the property was sold.

Trustees and Bournemouth Meeting Friends are discussing appropriate investment and handling of the final proceeds of the sale , which are considered under the title ‘The Wharncliffe Fund’ and a governing document has been agreed.

Sustainability.

Bournemouth LM now holds Meetings for Worship in rented accommodation, hiring the Parlour at Trinity Methodist Church Southbourne. This is much more sustainable than managing the upkeep of a large Meeting House with many maintenance problems.

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New Milton Meeting has solar panels which provide electricity for the Meeting House and can be exported to the National Grid.

Poole Meeting uses a carbon dioxide meter to assess safe ventilation in the main Meeting Room, to balance the need for a safe atmosphere against the loss of heat from doors and windows.

A heat recovery unit is installed in the main bedroom of the Poole Meeting House flat. The flat should be warmer and drier since the chimney stack was removed. The front garden has been planted with drought resistant, wild life friendly plants and shrubs.

We reduce our need to travel by holding many of our meetings, especially business meetings, online.

Administering and maintainlng the organisation of Bournemouth Coastal Area Meeting and contributing to the support of Britain Yearly Meeting.

Area Meetings were held 6 times during the year and were attended by representatives from all our local Meetings.

The Area Meeting agrees a representative and an alternate to Meeting for Sufferings. Local Friends have served BYM as part of the ‘Kindlers’.

Trustees have met 6 times during the year, all online. Minutes are circulated to all Local Meetings.

It has been challenging to find volunteers within Local Meetings with the time and ability to manage finances. We continued to employ a book-keeper to deal with Bournemouth Meeting’s finances but this arrangement will not be needed now the Meeting House has been sold.

Swanage Meeting, a small meeting with solely online Meetings for Worship now has a correspondent instead of a clerk.

All six Meetings have reviewed and revised their Memoranda of Understanding this year. A new Area wide Lettings Policy has been written and agreed.

BCAM finances are secure. Grants have been made by the Drewry Trust to cover the costs of quinquennial surveys, book keeping and accountancy.

During 2024 trustees discussed the funds held in three historic trusts, the White, White and Nicholson and Constance Waller Trusts which hold in total around £8000. It was hoped that value accrued beyond the original gifted capital might be deemed interest and could be released for Pastoral Care and Meeting House maintenance.( about £6,250.) A letter was sent to the Charity Commission giving details and asking advice. In December a reply was received which was seen as encouraging trustees to arrange to disburse the accumulated ‘interest’. The trustees agreed to work towards the disbursement, documenting the process and decisions carefully.

In 2025 the accrued value from the three historic trusts was divided and disbursed appropriately to Bournemouth and Poole Local Meetings.

It is challenging to find volunteers to fulfil all the roles in the Area Meeting. This problem is widely found in all the Areas of Britain Yearly Meeting. Some Areas have now amalgamated, to share trustees and treasurers for example , and make ‘economies of scale’ in maintenance of buildings.

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A day Workshop was held in May , attended by Friends from our Area and those from Hampshire and the Islands Area Meeting and Dorset and South Wiltshire Area Meeting.We heard a presentation by Lesley Richards, who has been instrumental in setting up a Welsh multi- Area charity. We feel it could be beneficial to join with an adjacent Area. First steps are to get to know these other Areas better and to extend invitations to share in suitable events. This may be helped by our local development worker.

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS

Report to the trustees of Bournemouth Coastal Area Quaker Meeting

On accounts for the year ended 31st December 2025 Charity number: 1134540

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner’s statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:

  2. a. proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 41 of the Act); and

  3. b. accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or

  4. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: …… SueW ………. Date: ……13/4/2026…….

Sue Wintle FMAAT ACIE Association of Charity Independent Examiners Accounting Technician

27 Bascott Road Wallisdown Bournemouth Dorset BH11 8RJ

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THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN

BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

RECEIPTS
Voluntary income
Income from activities to generate funds
Investment income
Income from Quaker activities
Other income - including sale of property
Grants and legacies
Total receipts
PAYMENTS
Contributions and grants
Costs of generating funds
Costs of Quaker activities
Support costs
Surveys and professional fees
Governance costs
Total payments
Net incoming resources before transfers
Transfers between funds
Acting as agent IN
Acting as agent OUT
Net movement in cash funds
Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
27,915
27,915
29,030
8,722
8,722
36,268
2,754
660
3,414
5,120
2,700
2,700
0
928,704
928,704
7,481
3,481
3,481
5,501
974,276
660
974,936
83,399
16,500
16,500
16,820
0
0
0
6,621
6,621
5,742
76,429
76,429
59,397
16,677
16,677
1,724
0
0
0
116,227
0
116,227
83,681
858,048
660
858,708
-282
6,647
-6,647
0
0
9,310
9,310
11,300
-9,357
-9,357
-9,508
864,648
-5,987
858,661
1,510
179,466
80,026
259,492
257,980
1,044,114
74,039
1,118,153
259,490

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THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING Notes to the Receipts and Payments Accounts - year ended 31 December 2025

1 Analysis of Support Costs
Wimborne
LM
£
Salaries, NI pensions
Rent
1,641
Utilities
Cleaning
Insurance
Garden
Repairs and renewals
Security
Furniture and equipment
35
Materials and supplies
164
Capital items
Other support costs
Surveys professional fees
1,840
2 Analysis of cash funds
Balance 1 January 2025
Receipts
Payments
Transfers
Acting as agent IN
Acting as agent OUT
Balance 31 December 2025
3 Investments
Equity and income funds
4 Analysis of designated funds
Area meeting:
Courses & conferences
Quinquennial Survey
Pastoral Care
Residential
Bournemouth:
Wharncliffe
Poole:
Green Pastures (Legacy Investment)
Save Haven Wessex Ltd (Social Action)
Disaster Relief Fund
Social Action Fund
Poor Relief Fund
Poole Meeting House
M Mulraine Legacy		 Wimborne
LM
£
1,641
35
164		 Poole
Swanage
LM
LM
£
£

1,630
640
484
5,800


70
6		 Lyminton
Bournemouth &
Area
New Milton
Total
Total
LM
Fordingbridge LM
Meeting
LM
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
£
£
32,639
32,639
19,779
720
2,310
4,671
2,735
7,014
1,516
10,160
15,423
226
865
1,731
7,114
7,114
7,002
484
676
4,003
1,911
11,714
4,909
3,552
3,552
0
35
110
350
15
530
515
0
0

1,931
2,658
4,665
6,517
0
0
1,840 8,624
6		 720
52,025
9,772
3,442
76,429
59,396
Unrestricted
Funds		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
168,134
11,332
80,026
259,490
257,980
49,275
925,000
660
974,936
83,400
-98,571
-17,656
-116,227
-83,682
2,966
3,681
-6,647
0
0
6,198
3,112
9,310
11,300
-6,312
-3,045
-9,357
-9,508
121,690
922,424
74,039
1,118,151
259,490
Designated
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
59,593 59,593
52,481
Opening bal
Receipts
3000
4000
946
698
0
0
925000
0
1000
1000
188
1510
248
1601
0
0
250		 Payments
Transfers
Balance
3000
2000
6000
54
1000
-698
0
0

-16677
908323
0
1000
-1000
0

-1415
283

-1630
219
2324
2324
-979
979
0
250

-20701
3659
922399
11330
928111

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THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN BOURNEMOUTH COASTAL AREA QUAKER MEETING Notes to the Receipts and Payments Accounts - year ended 31 December 2025 continued

5 Analysis of restricted funds Bournemouth LM Constance Endowment White & Total Total
**Sustainability Fund ** **Waller Fund ** Samuel White Fund Nickelson Fund 2025 2024
Balance at 1 January 2025 71,678 4,344 3,336 667 80,025 79,291
Receipts 503 82 63 13 660 730
Payments 0 0
Transfers 0 -3,344 -2,969 -334 -6,647 0
Balance 31 December 2025 72,181 1,082 430 346 74,038 80,021

Interest to date has been transferred to designated funds to be used for the purposes stated.

The Samuel White Fund was set up in 1795 with a capital of £300. Its income can be used for the purpose of the relief of Poole Quakers

The White Nickleson Fund was set up in 1774 with a capital of £400. Its income can be used for the purpose of the upkeep of Poole Meeting House and the relief of Poole Quakers.

The Constance Waller Fund was set up in 1954 with a capital of £1,000. Its income can be used for the purpose of the upkeep of Bournemouth Meeting House and the relief of Poole Quakers.

Bournemouth LM Sustainability Fund - Alan Ivamy's will is intended to be "for the benefit of" Bournemouth Friends, and this includes use for the care and spiritual nurture of people and the support of buildings as required.

6 Analysis of cash funds by constituent Meeting

Opening balance 1 January
Movement during the year
Closing balance 31 December		 Wimborne
Poole
Swanage
Lymington
Bournemouth &
Area
New Milton
Total
Total
LM
LM
LM
LM
Fordingbridge LM Meeting
LM
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
1,674
52,628
2,702
5,530
143,568
28,118
25,270
259,490 257,981
-352
2,353
165
733
858,633
-2,786
-84
858,661
1,510
1,322
54,981
2,867
6,263
1,002,201
25,332
25,186 ########259,491

7 Properties - Area Meeting Houses

The Area Meeting had three meeting houses at the start of the year. These are Bournemouth, Poole and New Milton. The value of these meeting houses is excluded from the accounts as the costs of obtaining professional valuations is not justified for the charity.

Bournemouth meeting house was sold during 2025, the proceeds, after costs, being placed in a designated fund.

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