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Area Quaker Meeting of the
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Annual Report and
Financial Statements
2023
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Registered Charity No.: 1173865
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Administrative information
ANNUAL REPORT
Introduction" what we are and what we do
Structure and governance
The year in retrospect
Financial review
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Statement of Cash Flows
Notes to the Accounts
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Contact infomation: clerktotrustees
uakers.or
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Quaker Meeting House, 12 Southdown Road, Harpenden AL5 1PD
Website= htt =Illl
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OFFICERS
Co-clerks
Treasurer
Richard Cziborra and Rob Paton
Martin Sale
AM CLERKING TEAM (2023)
Glorla Dobbin
Ryan Kemp
Linda Wood
Assistant Clerk (Membership)
Administration Support
Anne Crofts
Valerie Coast
PRINCIPAL BANKERS
Triodos Bank Deanery Road Bristol BS15AS
CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE
Friends Trusts Ltd, 173-177 Euston Road London NW12BJ
TRUSTEES in 2023
Richard Cziborra
Marianne Karger
Martin Robert Sale
Helen Osborn
Robin Paton
Trevor Evans
stephen Kaim-caudle
Stuart Prince (to 30lh June 2023}
ACCOUNTANTS
David Stephens FCCA.
13 Newlands Road. Tunbridge Wells, Kent. TN4 9AS
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER:
Kevin Fisher
Myrus Smith Chartered Accountants
Norman House, 8 Burnell Road, Sutton, Surrey SM14BW

LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
1 Introduction- what we are and what we do
The Area Meeting and its Local Meetings
Luton and Leighton Area Meeting (LLAM) is part of the Religious Society of Friends
(Quakers) in Britain, and part of Ihe Britain Yearly Meeting {BYM) community.
Nine Local Meetings (Lms).. Bedford, Berkhamsted, Harpenden, Hemel Hempstead,
Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Milton Keynes, St Albans and Watford make up the Area
Meeting. Each of these Lms have their own Meeting House and hold Meetings for
Worship. Friends in each of the Lms share with the Trustees the responsibility for the
day-to-day care of their propety.
LLAM also owns and lets some properly, notably the former Meeting House in Woburn
Sands currently being used as a children's nursery. A burial ground is also maintained
there- along with others in Ampthill, in Cranfield, and East-Hemel.
Our activities- an overview
Resources are used to deepen and share spiritual experience and lo support acts of
witness which arise from our faith. Through local and national initiatives, we witness
and work for peace and justice- a sustainable environment,. the alleviation of
suffering. and the upholding of victims of oppression.
Ourlocal meetings forworship 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 much valued public buildings available for a wide variety of uses including worship
by other faiths, education and meetings organised by other charitable and community
organisations.
We have a continuing concern for suslainability and for accessibility in our buildings.
This includes helping Lms with practical and measurable steps to reduce the use of
fossil fuels.
Institutional form and purpos6
The Area Meeting was registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable
Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 19 July 2017 with Registered Charity Number
1173865. This report and the accounts that follow cover the calendar year 2023.
The objective of LLAM CIO is: 'the furtherance of the general religious and charitable
pU￿oseS of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain in the area of Luton
and Leighton Area Meeting and beyond,.
We achieve our objective by carrying out work such as..
StTrngthening the life and witness of Quaker meetings in the area of LLAM
and beyond.
Spreading the message of Quakers and interpreting and developing the
thought and practice of the Religious Society.
Undertaking Quaker seNice for the relief of suffering at home and abroad.
Funding the conGems that Quakers in the LLAM or beyond have agreed to
support.
Providing for the pastoral care of individual members and attenders
including assistance to those in need and for education.
Maintaining and developing Quakermeeting houses as places for public

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worship, in the spirit of'AII are Welcome,, and from which to carry our witness
into the world.
Administering and maintaining the organisation of LLAM.
Contributing to the support of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM).
2 Structure, Governance and Management
The Goveming Document for the registration of the CIO defines the responsibilities of
the Area Meeting Trustees.
Local Meetings have one trustee designated as their Link Trustee on the Trustee
body. The Clerk of Trustees sends a copy of Ihe minutes of each Trustees, meeting
to each of the LMS. The Clerk of Trustees prepares the business, and conducts the
meetings following usual Quaker practice. The Clerk may prepare drafts which are
developed and agreed during the course of the meeting. TheTrustee group as a whole
and not the Clerk alone decide whether the minute represents the sense of the
meeting. Area Meeting in Session and Business Meetings in each constituent Local
Meeting also use this procedure.
Meetings for Worship for Business by which the Religious Society conducts its
business are meetings for worship in which we try to discern what love requires of us
Con￿rning the matters in question There is no voting in the meeting as Quakers
believe that this would emphasise divisions between differing views and inhibit the
prO￿sS of seeking unity around a right way foward.
The Luton & Leighton Area Meeting Nominations Committee nominates individuals to
be Trustees. Area Meeting in session appoints Trustees. Usually Trustees meet six
times during the year. Three Trustees will complete their term each year. They might
be reappointed (no more than ￿lCe) or replaced by a Friend new to the role. This is
in order to provide opportunities for a wider circle of Friends to experience this role
and to give their service to the Society. Friends newly appointed are encouraged to
attend the training courses in Trusteeship offered by Woodbrooke Quaker Study
Centre. Birmingham.
In line with our governing document, Trustees have been guided by the principles and
practices commended in Quaker Faith & Practice. Trustees take care also to attend
to the relevant Charity Commission guidance, to 'Right Ordering.. A Handbook of
Business Practice within the Area Meeting, and to Britain Yearly Meeting documents
including 'Handbook for Trustees of Quaker Meetings.,
A Memorandum of
Understanding sets out the partnership between Trustees and Friends in Local
Meetings.
Ihlhen reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities,
Trustees have been mindful of the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's
general guidan￿ on public benefit and specifically to The Advan￿ment Of Religion
For The PubliG Benefit.
3 The year in retrospect
Developments in governance
During 2023 Trustees led a full review and revision of our Safeguarding Policy and
documentation. This work involved extensive discussion within the Area and externally
with many Friends in local Meetings contributing through faCe-tO-fa￿ discussions and

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wrttten comments. The new approach and praCtI￿S aim to be simpler, more suitable
to the circumstances of small meetings, and to better address the safeguarding-
related questions that do, occasionally, arise.
We continued to progress programmes of preventative Maintenan￿ and renovations
arising from the quinquennial reviews of our Meeting Houses. We were glad to support
work in Watford and Milton Keynes, in Luton on the Meeting House and its adjacent
properties, and to encourage proposals being prepared in other Meetings for
renovations and sustainability enhancements.
We are aware of the need to engage appropriate professional services. We are
developing a constructive business relationship for Property assistance, and have
extended the scope of our contract with Mindful Business Services for administrative
support and (through the Quaker Meetings Network) a shared IT infrastructure.
We ended the year preparing a consultation on a revised approach to our Financial
Planning and a new Governan￿ Document (to supersede and update the
Memorandum of Understanding between Local meetings and Trustees).
Membership
At the end of 2023 {2022), the Area Meeting {AM) had 258 (270) members and 179
(212) adult non-members {attenders}. There were 29 (39) children recorded in theAM.
The number of members decreased by 12 and the number of attenders recorded had
decreased by 33 since 2022. We were saddened by the deaths of a number of
Friends. Quaker funerals and memorial meetings were arranged as requested by the
families and friends of those who had died.
Managing our church affalrs
The AM held five meetings for Worship for Church Affairs (business meetings) during
2023. one of these was held solely on Zoom and four were 'blended' with some
Friends present in the designated Meeting House and others participating via Zoom.
The meeting in November included the Annual General Meeting for the Charitable
Incorporated Organisation Number 1173865.
The number attending Ams for Church Affairs has ranged from 25 to 33 Friends. Some
Friends prefer not to attend online meetings while, for others, it is an opportunity to
participate in AM which would not othe￿iSe be possible, perhaps due to mobility
issues, difficulties wwth travel, or for reasons of sustainability.
At each meeting for Church Affairs, a Friend is invited from the hosting local meeting
to share a brief contribution on My Faith in Practice, expressing an aspect of their
'spiritual journey,. These contributions are an important opening for the business
meeting. Three Local Meetings (Bedford, Luton and Harpenden) presented their
triennial reports on the well-being of their Meetings during the year. They cover the
challenges and joys of the local meeting as a whole, including numbers attending,
spiritual, social and Charitable activities. safeguarding processes and wocedures,
record keeping, and the state of a meetings fInan￿S and building.
AM received reports on four occasions from its Representatives on Meeting for
Sufferings, the body that holds responsibility for the spiritual direction for Quakers in
Britain nationally between Yearly Meetings. Area Meeting submitted comments to

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Meeting for Sufferings on the drafts of two sections, being considered for what will
become a revised edition of QuakerFaith & Practice- the Society's Book of Discipline.
AM and its constituent local meetings support Britainyearly Meeting and other
Quaker bodies with a substantial part of their funds. They also support individuals
and non-Quaker organisations, whose objects and activities are in accordance with
Quaker values as expressed in the Quaker Testimonies of peace, truth, justice,
simplicity, equality and sustainability.
Strengthening our community
Area Meeting also held a Summer Gathering event. The Joumeymen Theatre came
to an all day session at Milton Keynes Quaker Centre. This was an opportunity to
learn, relate and grow in our Area Meeting community. Area Meeting also met once in
person and once on zoom to consider the future of Area Meetings for business. We
explored what do we enjoy and how do we create a sense of an Area Meeting
community at the same time ensuring that we maintain proper governance at Area
Meeting.
The AM appoints the Elders and Pastoral Care Friends (previously known as
Overseers) who serve in local meetings. Elders are charged with nurturing the spiritual
health of their local meetings whilst pastoral care teams seek to provide pastoral care
where needed. Elders & Pastoral Care Friends serve local meetings and supportArea
Meetings in some business matters. The AM joint Elders and Pastoral care Friends
met once in person to discuss matters of shared importance and to give support to one
another. A further training session was arranged with Woodbrooke Study centre via
zoom to consider the role of Elders & Pastoral care in Business Meetings. For our
Quaker community, the nurturing of our spiritual lives is as important as our outward
facing activities.
It was with some sadness that Area Meeting agreed to lay down the Link group
committee which has for many years arranged event for our young people.
The annual AM Quaker camp, where Friends 'live a Quaker life in community., was
held in a field in Talgarth, Wales for twelve days in the summer. The theme was
'mountains and valleys,. More than 100 Quakers associated with LLAM were present.
Quakercamp was established in cooperation with two otherArea Meetings many years
ago, together they make up Grand Union Quaker Camps committee. It oversees the
equipment and arrangements. The committee is a separate charity with trustees
appointed by each of the Area Meetings involved.
Area Meeting keeps local meetings informed of planned activities through the monthly
circulation of AM Notices. The Clerks of AM, of Trustees, of Elders and of Pastoral
Care and of AM Nominations committee have met regularly online throughout the year
to consider strategic issues. The AM clerks group has also met quarterly online with
the clerks of each of the local meetings so that issues and successes could be shared.
2023 was a year in which our local meetings gradually returned to fa￿-to-faCe
Meelings for Worship, as did some of our committees, study groups, and gatherings
of the Quaker community. Online and blended meetings are continuing to take place,
offering opportunities to some which were not there prior to the Covid pandemic. We
have felt a renewed energy for involvement in spiritual, community and outward facing
activities.

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The life of our Local Plleetings
The main activities of the constituent Local Meetings are the right holding of public
meetings for worship. A meeting for business is generally held once each month or
On￿ every other month in smaller Meetings. Lms consider a wide range of topics
throughout the year.
Each of the Local Meetings has fomial and infomial programmes for developing the
spiritual and social life of its members and attenders. Local Friends participate in
interfaith and community cohesion activities. Outreach takes place through
involvement in local organisations such as UNA. MIND, Citizens, and homelessness
charities. Some support Quaker activities at AM and Britain Yearly Meeting through
involvement on committees and working groups. Further and current information is
available on LM websites.
Friends in Local Meetings manage and maintain their meeting houses, wtththe support
of AM Trustees. Local Meetings make their Meeting Houses available for use by the
wider community such as the governments Warm Spaces initiative, pre-school
nurseries, community groups and other faith groups who do not have their own
premises. The hiring of premises can be a significant source of revenue for meetings
- essential for the upkeep of the property. Charges for hiring rooms can be redU￿d to
encourage groups that find it difficult to pay the standard amounts. Meeting houses
are inspected annually and report to AM Trustees. AM Trustees and Local Meeting
committees cooperate with respect to any improvements or changes that are required.
4 Financial Review
As shown in the financial statements given below, the finances of the Charity remain
healthy, with reserves in eX￿sS of the amount required by our reserves PDIicy.
Overall in 2023, expenditure and income were reasonably well balan￿d. In summary,
compared to 2022, our income rose considerably, partly as a result of increased
donations & legacies but mainly due to a substantial recovery in our lettings income,
post-Sockdown. The increased income was offset by increased expenditure - mainly
on maintenance and improvements to Meeting Houses. These costs had mostly been
anticipated and some reflected delays in expenditure in the previous year. For
obvious reasons. heating costs also rose.
sin￿ the audit of our statements, though undeway, has not yet been completed, we
report that the delays arose from multiple role-holder changes and illness occurring
during a time when we were also contracting increased administrative support with
the need to bed down new procedures. At no point have those involved, including our
own accountsnt, brought to our attention matters that have caused us concern.
We benefit from voluntary work by Friends in many ways and we record our thanks
for their generous giving.
Investment and Freehold Properties
The Financial Reporting Standard FRS102 permits the use of an initial "deemed cost"
which can be based upon the insured value of Ihe properties. Trustees have
decided that the cost of revaluation is not justified. Therefore, the valuation used in
2018 has been retained (£7,260,195)-

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Bankers & insurance
The Area Meeting and each of the Local Meetings manage their accounts individually
and hold current and deposit accounts as required. It is our policy to hold funds in
ethical banks (Co-operative, CAF & Triodos) and a number of building societies
(Ecology, Harpenden and Yorkshire). Some historic funds are held in BMO Global
Asset Management (previously F&C Stewardship) units. The buildings, contents and
public etc. liability insurance is held with Congregational & General Insuran￿.
Reserves Policy
The Area Meeting has a policy of holding a cash reserve, as far as it is able, to cover
six months, expenditure on running costs. In addition, other funds are held to provide
for unexpected propety repairs and periodic major refurbishments, including provision
for on-going sustainability enhancements, or other necessary work identified by
quinquennial surveys.
Richard Cziborra,
Trevor Evans, Steve Kaim-caudle, Marianne Karger,
Helen Osborne, Rob Paton.
Luton & Leighton Area Meeting Trustees, 2023
Signed
th
Date.. 20 October 2024
Richard Cziborra
Co-clerk of Trustees
Rob Paton
Co-clerk of Trustees

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA MEETING
{Registered Charity number: 1473865)
CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA MEETING
l ￿pOrt to the charity trustees on my examination of the annexed accounts of the charity for the year
ended 31 December 2023.
Respong11)ilities and basis of roport
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
quirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Act'i.
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under sects'on 145 of the Act
and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145151{bl of the Act.
Independent exarnineT'¥ Statement
sin￿ the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed
in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that l am qualified lo undertake the examination because l am a
member of the Institute of Chartered Accounlanls for Erigland and Wales, which Is one of the listed
bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection wrth the examination giving me Cause to believe that in any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act.,
or
the accounts do not accord wrth those records.,
or
the accounts do not Comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of
accounts set out in the Charities IAccounls and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any
requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part
of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come acloss no other matters in connectson with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
K C Fisher FCA
clo Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd
308 Ewell Road,
Surbilon, Surrey. KT6 7AL
Dated.. 10th March 2025

LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Unresltthd Fu￿8 Restrid￿ Fund$
U￿sts1o1ed Fund5
Loc81
ea
Lixxl
Totsi
Area
Local
Restricted
Total
Note M*tiNJ Meetlng8 Meet￿g Me&tngs
2023
Fundg
IrKo
Donauonsand legaciEs
Otl*rir*irtg 8diVilles
In￿stMents
108,078
46,052 173.3
12,073
2.133
52.171
170.24e
218.451
SOO 101284
48,926 138251
6,￿4
547
11,288
1,000
35.000
1%,784
187,177
14.206
14.390
44.131
ChariLatAe acbvities
14,3eO
2,702
34,182
13,960
0th8r IrKc¥ntt
35,162
Total IrKome
77,515 321.741
62,171
461,427
68,318 2TO,946
3S.ODD
380.264
ExpOndi￿r0
Charitable ac11v￿eS
148.118 296,910
53,896
4*,924
120.346 2￿.760
374.1
Total &xpendtture
146.118 2%,$10
$3.B98
4*.Q24
120,346 2￿,700
374.1f
Netgainsllthsesl on invesbnwislpropety
Nèt irKOmÈllexpe￿dtture1
1.725
341.304
341,304
3S3.148
317.651
I￿.329) 11,502)
I￿.357) 121.6841
198.656
233.656
183.825
169,9
$8.484 26.558
8.275
Tran8lor8 b•tsY8enfvn(
17.5B5 113,66SI
15.0001
1,000
1.019
rtst ￿￿¥•m￿ntIn fvnd$
40.919
12.991
838,304
9,275
317,651
184.3381 20,aÉ5
233,858
168,983
R•corKlliAlon of ￿Thd5
Totsl funds browhi fotsya
Prioryoeradlustsrent
678,556 246,362 7.493,B61
0 127,3241
0 8.418,769
27.324
762.894 225,697 7,2fQ,195 9,248.786
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Total lundg¢arrfed forward
£e37.837 £232.0￿ £7,830,155 £36.599 £8,736,420
£678.S5S £24e,362 £7.493.851 £8.418,769

LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
Unrqkned FUTr
F￿r￿S
Toi81
nrestrfthdFurth
LpL
Fwds
20
Note M*in¢
Teelkn9$
Me¢iw$
Fixed assets
In¥estmenfs
176,135
1D.079 1,8IV,79S
186.016
8.￿ 1.343,52
1,517,897
Fwhoky wowty
17
S,￿1.
5.9B1.360
8.11S.325
&lt5,325
Cwr￿t assets
15,686
15.
S,(Q4
Short twm depo￿1$
Cash at bank ID hand
2&5.347 X6,274
20.￿8
287.2
1￿,114
,W X.S99 538.W2 307.250 214.469
5*.Y19
Totsl cumJnia88•t8
461.5D2
231,874
,￿0 26,5S9
759.975
513.524
239.(
35.UP)
787,573
Liabi1rf18
Crethtorsduewithin one year
9.924
1.042
Not current assets
461,502 721.
750.051
512.540
238.OD7
7￿.541
Total as66ts189¥ ¢urNir IlalAlllks
637,637 232.029 7,630.1￿ 3&599 8.726.420 678.5
245.
7.493,$5
8.418.769
rotal
£637,637 tt32.￿ ZI,830.1SS t38.*9 È8.726,420 £676.5% £240,￿ £7.493,851 £8.418,789
Apwoved bylhe Irusi*sof Lulon& Ldghton Area Meeting on 08 Marth 2025 and 4gned Onlhelr behaKby.
Ric1￿41d C￿b0[ra
CTrCleTktotho Trust
R¢b Paion
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2D23
2022
C•gh Ilo¥Js Irom opernllng aElvhl•s:
N¢t ￿￿Ver[￿ntin funds per 5tatsmentoffinart1918¢UwUe$
317,S51
169,9
AdiustrneDts fw.
Inuesse in d8btus
110.e621
7,898
I￿lease1{0eCrease) in ueditors
110.89))
NAtcash provlded by Mused ini a¢UvWe$
314.887
157,382
catsh fl(Y*sfrom op•raUmg acti￿￿05
Ri¥e in v8k* af Inveskn*nts
3.148
1￿.825
NeL¢a¥h Fyo¥Kl4d byllused lnllnvts￿ny activities
140.4281
18,4431
Change in cash and ¢88h ewivsknls In the year
18,4431
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
744.268
788.992
Cash and cash ￿￿1¥810￿￿ carded forward
744,288
T82.54#
Anatysls ofc¥8h ¥hd cash oqul¥alert6
Cash atb*k
744,288
782,$49
Total
t744,2B8
£782,549
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1. Unrestricted fund$ {Area Meeting}
Gen&ral
camp
mmittee
SlaOeton
Fund
Totsi
TDtal
2023
2022
Donakns and legaoes
Othertradmg acÈivitigs
lTrvestmenlS
SOD
46.Q52
12.018
46.0
48.È2e
6.634
11.258
55
12.073
Ch8dtstyl& a¢tKvilieg
14.390
14.3
¢)lherin￿t￿e
5.0
Total Incom
63,070
14.H5
77.515
68.318
Exp￿dItUr•
ch9r1tsb￿ aGti¥itie&
133.090
13.058
133.080
12D.34S
Total expendStur2
133.080
13.058
133.060
120.346
Net gain911105se5} on Investm8nts
133.3281
InE0￿eA{expendtturnI
59.871
1,387
58,484
185,3571
Tr•nsfers btheen fund5
Frorn LoGa5 Meetings
To Local Meetings
36,581
I15.0￿)
36,581
22,930
Tr8ngferbett￿￿fut￿s
21,5B1
17,565
NAtmDvemÈntln fvnd5
(38.2901
1,387
140.9191
(84.3881
RBcon¢iliation offunds
Tokl funds bToughlfoTh¥ard
496,659
15,120
166.777
$78,586
762.894
Total funds tarrièd foN¥ard
4SB,369
18,507
162,761
837.637
678.59
45 Inv99tments
174,273
176.1JS
168.016
Total flxed assets
176.135
176.136
1ee.016
Debto
1.000
205,274
)7,250
Short temi dèposi
Cash atbank hand
174.273
174.273
107.981
16.507
152.761
287.Lg
Totlll GLvrenta5Ee
282.234
16.507
162.761
461.502
513.524
Lass.. Cr8dlltyS the Withln oneyear
19841
Wet Current a55ets
282.234
16.507
182,761
461.602
512.S40
Total assets less cUrre￿t IFabilikn08
£458.369
£16.507
£162,761
£fj37.637
£678.556
Wilh the excepbon or Gènèra Fu￿1 I￿ge are de5ignatsd funds Ythich have b￿￿ set Bgide by the trusts9s in a￿*r to make prov1￿On for firture
expenditureonthe purpose5 Indica￿ byihetitièof each fvnd.
The purwse& fOrMth￿￿ th￿1v￿lS a￿ uged rem￿nE atthe di8cfditin orthèAwMe•tiru.
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (contl
2. Uml*¥lVi¢1odfuDOs (LoG￿N•￿￿gSl
Beik'm
thohion
Harwden ￿￿￿p$1￿￿¢ 8uzzard
￿￿On
Tot81
Tol
Nol8 88dtoi
Lthon
Keyrk9 Ab￿$
2023
2D22
Inc¢xTr
DDnalions legaaes
01￿￿trading aCtivrf￿s
Inve*ment$
15.897
12.685
7.258
2.437
5.ST3
3.261
36,148
27,208
6.976
18.2$4
105
.241
30.609
108,078
172,399
2.133
10128é
138.251
S47
35.814
8.402
33.828
12.671
12B
824
375
691
2.702
.162
(Xhèf irttsme
7,520
21.698
6.329
39,1S1
TorAIkncorno
51,869
9.577
47.337
20,304
15,530
5,633
64.518
47.043
59,870
321,741
276,9d6
34,7ao
51.778
22,884
32.141
5,599
£5.07S
36.406
49,43e
29$.910
253.760
Total eXpeN1￿re
3é.730
8.45
51.778
22.884
32.141
5S.078
36.806
49,438
296.910
253.760
Nei g￿n￿{b)S$e5] on Inve51ments
1.725
.725
P4etlncoThWloxpendtturel
{8551
54
9.502
10,237
10,432
28.556
21.684
Tr4nsfvrs b•kn8Bn fu￿d5
ConlfibuYonstoArEa Mecting3
OthertrBftsfers
le.$331
13,5931
4.016
13.2561
5.000
{8.8201
11.0001
16.3691
136.$811
23.D16
122,9301
15,00
TrAn¥ws
16.5331
423
1.734
15,000
{O.e201
16.2691
18,OODI
113.5651
N¢tmovemeThtin ￿￿￿
10.808
B79
3,868
2.432
20,865
ReccnCiliatv￿
Fu￿$brOughIfOrnard
Prfory￿radJUStyDgnt
2,836
0.996
54,702
25,128
1Q,562
4,688
52,850
10.980
47.820
246,362
22S,697
127.3241
{27.3241
FundscaTrfed lorward
t43,442 OD £8,115.00 £50,884.00 E26,007.w eu,951.C4) ￿,722.￿ £25,208.00 £14.848.00 E50,052.00 E232.029.W Q46.362.
HBM InVBslMB￿1¥
Y2D
10,079
8,3
Total fixèd a66e
9,859
22Q
10.079
8,355
4,004
3.300
7.304
31.074
193.496
4,024
20,556
214.489
Short kn d¥wits
Cath &t krlland in hgnd
20.4L
10.668
36.084
23,036
8.11S
5e.354
8.951
4.722
25.208
14,878
Totsl curr9nlas5
43.442
00.￿8
19,eT41
16.14
8.951
4.722
252(
14,878
60.052
231.574
19.924}
238.049
11,0421
Le53.' cre￿￿￿d￿%)t￿￿ one ywai
NetCurrerta￿ets
43.442
50.684
16.148
8.951
4.722
252
14.628
50.052
221,950
238.￿r
Totri4s6ets less£￿￿entl1abl1￿es
£43.442
£50.684
8.007
£8.951
£4.722
f25.208
£14,848
£50.052
£232,929
£246.362
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 {cont}
3. Accountlng policies
(ap Basls of preparation
The Charity meets the definition of a publlc benefit entity under FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Staternent ol Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing
their accounts in accordance wllh the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in
October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021, the
Chartlies Act 2011 and UK Generally Ac¢epled Accounting Practice.
There are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue its activities and therefore the financial statements are
prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention and are presented in sterfing, which is the functional
currency of the entity.
The significant a¢counting policies applied in the preparation of these nnancial statements are set out below. These policies
have been consistenlty applied for all years presentecl unless Otherwise stated.
Ib) Incoming recognition poll¢les
Income is recognised and included in the financial statements when all the following criterta are met..
The Charrty has enlitlemenl to the funds",
any performan￿ conditions attached lo the income have been met or are fully within the control of the Charity.,
there is suffi'cient certainty that receipt of the income is considered probable-
the amount can be measured reliably.
{cl Expenditure recognition
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or conslruclive obligation to make a payment to a third party, il is probable that
settlement will be retluired and the amount of the obligation can be measures reliably. Expenditure is classified under the
following activity headings..
Raising funds.,
Charitable activities includes the cost undertaken to further the purposes of the Charity and their associated support costs.
Id) Allocation of support costs
Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the Charrty but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support
costs include baGk offi¢e Costs. finance, personnel, payroll and govemance costs which support the Charitls activities.
le) Land and buildings
Details of the functional properties owned by the Area Meeting are given in note 17 to the financial statements. These comprtse
meeting houses and wardens accommodation whi¢h is held for the furtherance of the Charity's charitable objects. The land and
buildings of the meeting houses afft included at cost subject lo depreciation. The insured value value of the properlyes has been
adopted as the deemed cost, exercising the option available on the adopb.on of FRS 102. In the opinion of the trustees, the
greater part of the value lies in Ihe freehold land rather than the buitdings.
Given the v81ue of the land element in the carrying value and the programme of maintenance of
the buildings, any depreciation in relation to the meeb.ng houses is considered immaterial. Major addilons to those meeting
houses will be included at their cost and depreciated over their expected life.
(fj Investment assets
Investments are initially recognise(S at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their market value at the Balance
Sheet date using the quoted market price. The Statement of Financial Activities includes the net gains and losses on
revaluats'ons and disposals.
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (cont)
If) Investment assets (conti
Investment properb'es are stated at fair value and any change is recognised as part of the net income.
Ig} Furniturg and equipment
The cost of furniture and equipment is included as expenditure of the year in which it is incurred and nol
IhP Financial instruments
Debtors and creditors with no slated interest rate and which are receivable or payable within one year are
{il Taxatlon
All the activities of the area meeting are charitable and therefore exempt from Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and
til Fund accounting
Funds are categorised according to the followng definitions..
Unrestricted.. general fvnds which are freely available for any purpose of the Area Meetrng and designated fvnds
whi¢h have been set aside by the Meeting for specific PLErposes but which remain at the discretion of the Meeting.
Restricted.. lunds subject to restricttons on their expenditure as earmarked by the donor or testator.
Endowment.. funds that the Meeting must keep and only the income may be used for general or specrfic purposes
Trade and other debtors are wognised al the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered.
4. Donations and legacles
Unrestncted Restri￿ed Total 2023 Total 2022
Donations and contributions
Legacies
62,171
170,249
134,463
2,321
£108,078
£62.171 £170.249 £136,784
Year ended 31 December 2022
£101,784
£35,000
S. Income from other trading a¢tlvltles
Total 2023 Total 2022
Letting5
£218,451 £187,177
All amounts received relate to unrestricted funds
6. Investment Income
Total 2023 Total 2022
Bank interest and dividends received
14206
£7.181
All amounts received relate to unrestri¢ted fvnds
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (cont)
7. Expgnditure on charitable actlvities
Direct
Grants Support
Total
2023
Total
2022
Events and COnferen￿S
Children and young people
Outreach, library, literature elG
Catering and hospitality
Elders and overseas
Governance Inote 131
Contribution lo yearfy meeting
Other ¢ontribulions
Grants to individuals
Contributlons and subscriptions
other
Premises repair and maintenance
Premises improvemenls
Insurance and other
Wardens, caretaking and cleaning
Heat, light and services
Furniture and equipment and other
14,715
90
7,402
1,100
62
14,715
14,650
90
103
7,402
5,285
1,100
450
62
179
5.044
5,809
81,919 60,300
10,098
5,621
479
500
4,272
4,272
5,358
69,873
69,873
23,286
0 153,082 153,082 144,964
45,780
45,780
1,088
9,523
9,523
16,218
56,425
56,425
55,279
30,900
30,900
28,430
6,160
6.160
S,786
5,044
81,919
10,098
479
£23,369 £92,496 £381,059 £496,924 £374,106
The 2023 amounts include £4,016 12022 £7,479) from the Stapleton fund spent by Harpenden Quaker Meeting. Other
includes Peace Works Zimbabwe, Friends of Hlekweni and Zim Resources expenditure tolalling £53,896 12022
£13,381). Durrng the year grants and donations received for this work lotalled £62,171. In addition the Milton Keynes
Local Meeting gave £1,000 to these concerns.
8. Tru$tee ￿muneratIon and expenses
No trustees or persons connected with them received any remuneration in respect of seNice given during the year
{2002'. £nil}. Trustees are enlilled to reimbursement of expenses in the performance of their duties. Any claim for
expenses is subject to the Charity's normal internal control procedures.
9. Transfer between funds
In OTder to provide the Area Meeting with funds to meet the costs of adminislr8tion and for the upkeep and development
of propety Local Meeting ¢ontribulions were transferred to the General Fund from the Local Meetings in proportion to
their membership.
10. Debtors
General Berk'mstead Harpenden Leighton
Fund
LM
LM Buzzard
LM
Milton Watford Total
Keynes
LM 2023
LM
Total
2022
Lettings
Gift Aid refund
Sundry debtors
1,665
1,814
525
1,665
5,114
8,907
1,736
1,789
1,499
3,300
8,382
£0
£0
£4,004
£0
£8,382
£3,300 £15,686
£5,024
11. Creditors
General Berk'mstead Harpenden Leighlon
Fund
LM
LM Buzzard
LM
Mitton
Keynes
LM
st Total
Albans 2023
LM
Total
2022
Sundry creditors
£0
£0
£9.674
£0
£0
£250 £9,924 £2,026
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (cont)
12. Contrlbutlons and grants
Area
Lo￿1 Reslricled Total
hAeetlng Meetings
FLJnds
2023
Total
2022
To Brit8in Ye8rfy Meeting
To other charitable causes
To individuals
81,919
10,098
479
81,919
10,093
479
60,300
5,621
500
Total
£0
£92,4S6
£0
£92.496
£66,421
13. Governance
2023
2022
Auditor's remuneration
Other costs
1,020
4,024
984
4,e25
Total
£5.044
£5,609
14. Acting as agent
2023
2022
In
Out
4,168
14,168)
4,740
14,7401
Total
£D.
£0
15. Staff costs
2023
2022
Salaries
Social Securfty costs and pension costs
37,466
55.279
Total
£37,486
£55,279
No employee received totsl employee benefits lexeludlng employer's pension costs) over £60,000 in either year.
The average number of employees dur&ng the year was 312022..61
The lotsl employee beneffts received by key management personnel was £nil12022-£nill
16. Inve¥tments
2023
2022
Quoted investments
Investment properties
186,214
174,371
1,818,795 1,343,526
Total
£2,005,009 £1,517,897
2023
2022
Quoted investments
Market value a11 January
On acquisition
Net unrealised gainlllossl
174,371
209.202
11.843
134,8311
Market value al 31 December
£186,214 £174.371
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (conti
16. Investrn8nts lconti
Quoted Inve$tments
General
Hèmel
Fund Hampskad
St
bans
Total
2023
Totsl
2022
The market value of investmènts held at 31
De￿[nbBrwaS.
Responsiblè Funds
Epworth Climate Stewardship Fund
Rathbones Fund5
Aber4een Ethical World Unit Twst
Traidctaft lunquotedl
87,781
47.881
40,473
87,781
47.881
40.473
9,859
220
82,669
46,211
37,136
8,135
220
9.859
220
Total
£176,135
£9.859
£220 £186,214 £174,421
Inve5tmEnt properties
2023
2022
Woburn Sand$ Is@8 1 belowl
Lulon Cottage (see 2 below)
Total
1.394,409 1,245,008
424,386
98.518
£1.818,795 £1,343,526
111 The forrner mèeting htsuse at HardW￿k Road. Wobum Sand$ let to Larchfield Nursery LLP on a full
repairing ￿8s& for 10 y8ar5 from 6 Jjty 2015 at an 8nnual rentsl of £25.000 (insured value £1,3944091.
121 The flat at 30a CTthey Gwn Road, Luton tat io a prwate tenant on a $horthold 1885e at a reDt of £710
per month.
In 2023 the frorner Carètakers cottage at 30 Cra￿9Y Green Road was kt to a pnvate tenant at £900
per Month Iln5ur£d Value £4243861
In additson to the propert￿8 above. the followng investsnent propertPS 8r8 h81d forwhich no separate valuation availab18
31 The top-floor flat a15A landsdohvne Road. Bedford let to a private tenant on a shorthold lea8e at a rent of £600 per rn￿th (Not Seperately valu8dl
141 The flat at St Mary'5 Road. Hemel Hempslead let to a prwate tenant o a shothold lease at a rent of £850
per month (not sep&ratdy valued).
151 Cottages ¥tjacent to Leighton Buzzard meets.ng house ￿258￿ to Hohtown Praatrjrian Housing
Association for 99 years from 1987 21 an annual rent of £30.
161 The dlsused burial ground al Boum8 End. Cranfiekl ￿8$ed to a private tenant at an annual rental of 50
P8nc8.
171 The disused burial ground at Victoria Street, st Alb8n$ on a 125 year ￿8$& to St Albans Dlstrkt Council
from Novemb8r 2020 to be kept as 8 Quaker Garden al an annual ￿ntaI of £1,000, doubliNJ every 25 years.
181 ThÈ d￿￿Sert burt21 ground at Wood End. Cross lanÈ8. Hemel Hemp51ead les5ed to a privat$ tenant for 21
191 The activ8 burial ground at Baker Stre8( Ampthill Inotloasedl.
1101 acuve burial grouThl at Hogsty End, Hartr*i¢k Roacl. Woburn Sands (not ￿￿Se￿I
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (¢ont}
17. Tanoible Ilxed ass8ts- Fr8ehold properti&8
The freehold properties (Meeting Houses) have been introduced at a deemed cost b8sed upon their insured values. The insured propety
values were based upon a valuation by McNeill, Lowe and Palmer, Chartered Surveyors on 15 August 2015.
Original
Date of Additions
cost acqulsition
Date of
Deemed
oddition Cost 2023
The Area Meeting is the beneficial owner of the following functional
Bedford meeting house.'5 Lansdowne Road, B￿f0rd MK40 2BY
Berkhamsted meeting house and burial ground'.289 High Street, Berkhams.
Harpendèn meeting hoLtse.'12 Southdown Road, Harpenden AL5 1 PD
3,000
469
1,500
1955
1818
1931
157,097
1999
1,230,000
395,000
525.000
Hemel Hempst8ad meeting house burial ground".22 St Mary's Road, Ht
132
Leighlon Buzzard meeting house and burial ground25 North Street, Leighto
Gift
Lulon meeting house and coltage.'28 Crawley Green Road. Luton LU2 OQX
11,029
Lulon burial ground
200
Milton Kèynès meeting house.. 1 Oakley GardensDownhead Park: MiJtDn Ki 232,000
Sl Albans meeting house'.7 Upper Lattimore Road, Sl Albans ALI 3UD
490
Watford meeting hous2'.150 Church Road, Watford WD1 3QB
1,200
1718
1744
1*3
1864
1986
1912
1953
37,741
940,000
365,325
236,035
885,000
505,000
900,000
209,475
253,231
1996
2007
Total
£5,981,360
18. Unrestrictsd funds
Area
Local
Meeting Meetings
Total
2023
Total
2022
Balance brought fonNard ?t 1 January
Nel loulgoingllincoming resources
Gainslllossesl on investments
Transfer between funds
Prior year adjustment
Balance Sa￿ed forward al 31 December
678,556 246.362
163,6031
24,831
10,119
1,725
12,565 113.5651
0 127.3241
£637,637 £232,029 £869,666 £924,918
924,918
988,591
{38,7721 128,8421
11,844
134,8311
(1,0001
127,3241
Rostrict•d funds
Area
Local
Meeting Meetings
Total
2023
Total
2022
Balance brought forward 811 Janijary
Net loutgoingllincoming fesources
Gainslllossesl on investments
Transler be￿een funds
Prior year adjustment
Gainsl{losses) on investments
7,493,851
15,0001
7.493,851 7,260,195
3,275
8,275
35,000
1,000
27,324
1,000
27,324
341.304
341,304
198,656
Balance carriecl forward at 31 December
£7,830,155 £36,599 £7.866,754 £7,493,851
Total funds
£8,467,792 £268,628 £8.738,420 £8,418,769
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LUTON & LEIGHTON AREA QUAKER MEETING
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (cont)
19. Analysis of n8t assets bgtW8èn funds at 31 December 2023
Unrestricted
Area
Local
Meeting Meetings
Restricted
Area
Meeting
Total
funds
Local
Meetings
Investment8
Investment properties
Freehold properties
Current assets
Current liabilities
176,135
10,079
186,214
1,818,795
0 5,981,360
36,599
759,975
19,924}
1,818,795
5,981,360
30,0
461,502
231,874
19,924}
£637,637 £232,029 £7.830,155
£36,599 £8,736,420
20. Other income
Includes Covid insurance claim £21,698.
21. R8lat8d party transaction
In 2022 a donation lotalling £35,000 was received from a trust& restricted in use for maintenants of Hemel Hempslead Meeting
House. In the year to 31 December 2023 £5,000 was transferred to the Hemel Hampstead Local Meeting lor the maintenance of the
Meeting House
22. Stocks
uther tnan a small Incidental stock Ot cleaning maienals, catering supplies and statTh)ary which are not valu8d, the Lhanty hOILJS no
sttxks12022. Nill.
23. Penslon commitments
The Charity operates an auto enrolment money purchase pension scheme with NEST Pensions.
24. Prior Year Adjustment
Cash funds held by M((lon Keynes Area Meeting for restricted purposes were reported in previous years as unrestricted gener81
funds.
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