2021-12-31-accounts

THAXTED AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN.

TRUSTEES REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 31[ST] DECEMBER 2021

Address: Quaker Meeting House High Street Saffron Walden Essex, CB10 1AA

Friends who served as trustees in 2021:

Rosemary Breen

John Capper (Treasurer)

Karl Gibbs

Jane Mitchell

Jonathan Morrell

Mark Pivac

Jacqueline Bartlett (Clerk)

Holding Trustees from June 2021 – Friends Trusts Ltd. Friends House.173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ

June 2021 - Registered as Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Charity no.1194893.

Bankers – Cooperative Bank Ltd. PO Box 260, Delf House, Skelmersdale WN8 6WT and Barclays Bank PLC.23 High Street Royston, SG8 9AB

Independent Examiners- Bentens, Abbey House, High Street Saffron Walden CB10 1AF.

Solicitors – Adams Harrison, Church Street Saffron Walden.

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STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT .

Thaxted Area Meeting is the main local meeting for Church Affairs and is constituted of four Local Quaker Meetings at –

Saffron Walden – membership 48 - average attendance 22

Stansted – membership 8 - average attendance 7

Bardfield – membership 11 - average attendance 7

Dunmow -membership 4 - average attendance 3

There was one removal from membership in 2021, one transfer of membership from Southern East Anglia and one reinstatement of membership also from Southern East Anglia. One member is unattached

Total membership remains steady at 72 with 57 Attenders.

Each Local Quaker Meeting manages its own Meeting House, reporting to, and seeking advice from, trustees as appropriate. Financial contributions from each Meeting to Area Meeting funds are agreed annually by Area Meeting in session.

A Constitution as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) was adopted in April by Minute 08.04.21.3 (a) to replace the previous Governing Document. The object of the Constitution is the furtherance of the general and religious purposes of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, in Thaxted Area Meeting and beyond.

In April an application for registration as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) was submitted to the Charity Commissioners by Minute no.08.04.21.3 (b).

In June the Charity Commissioners agreed the registration of Thaxted Area Meeting as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Charity no.1194893.

In September the trustees adopted a Resolution by Minute 5.09.21 applying to the Charity Commissioners for a Scheme whereby the Thaxted and Saffron Walden Trusts would be treated as forming part of, and administered by, Thaxted Area Meeting as CIO Charity no.119483. Details of the Scheme form Appendix B to this report.

The Scheme was accepted by the Charity Commissioners thus discharging Friends Trusts Ltd from its role as Custodian Trustees while remaining as Holding Trustees for the Area Meeting. Trustees applied to Friends Trusts Ltd for

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the transfer of assets to Thaxted Area Meeting. A list of assets transferred forms Appendix C to this report.

Appointment of Trustees

Trustees are appointed from its membership by Area Meeting in session following nomination by the Area Meeting Nominations Committee for an initial period of three years. Several Friends agree to renomination after this period. New trustees are provided with a copy of the Constitution (Governing Document), Minutes and supporting papers from the previous year and guided to the Britain Yearly Meeting website to access the trustees manual and other relevant information. All the trustees have previously attended Woodbrooke training events.

Other appointments

Area Meeting also appoints a representative and alternate to Meeting for Sufferings, to Quaker Life Rep Council, Sibford, Ackworth and Leighton Park General Meetings and a correspondent to Quaker Council for Church and Interfaith Relations and receives reports from each of these bodies.

FINANCE.

Trustees set fiscal reserves annually and submit to Area Meeting in session a proposed annual budget. The accounts are examined annually and are approved by the examiner. Accounts are submitted by the Treasurer to Friends House and the Charity Commission.

A Reserves Statement for the year ending December 31[st] 2021 forms Appendix A to this report.

Margaret Stubbs Memorial Fund. (MSMF)

The Margaret Stubbs Memorial Fund was established for the property at 2 Springhill Road Saffron Walden – a bequest from a Friend Jean Stubbs –and to benefit the Bursary Fund at Friends School Saffron Walden, (latterly Walden School).

The closure of the school in 2017 left the fund with a balance of £6,407. A decision made by trustees in 2018 and confirmed in 2019 and 2020 allowed income derived from the rents to be used to support young people in the Area Meeting, the balance at the end of the year to be divided between the Friends Schools Bursaries Fund and the Greenwood Educational Trust a charity whose purpose is to distribute small grants to eligible young people from four Area Meetings in East Anglia for the benefit of their education. Rather than draw on

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Greenwood Trust funds, grants agreed by Greenwood trustees to be made to young people from Thaxted Area Meeting are found from Thaxted’s own income.

In December 2021 the MSMF showed a surplus of £6,200 and trustees recommended that £5000 should be sent to Brumannah School in Lebanon which has historic links to the Area Meeting and which is undergoing hardship owing the horrific situation in Lebanon. The balance of £1200 was sent to The Greenwood Trust.

Covid Business Support Scheme.

The warden at Saffron Walden Meeting House moved from full to flexible furlough from June 1[st] after the Government Furlough Scheme ended on March 31[st] 2021. Saffron Walden Local Meeting received a further £8000 in government grants in addition to a previous grant of £10,000.

PROPERTY.

2 Springhill Rd. Saffron Walden.

In September, trustees reviewed the tenancy issued to local Friends in September 2020 and agreed to extend it for a further 12 months until September 2022. In December it was agreed to extend the tenancy for a further three years beyond 2022. The extension is subject to annual rent reviews. We will now review the tenancy in September 2025. We were pleased to agree to this as the tenancy has proved beneficial to both the tenants and to the Area Meeting, granting us time to consider the long-term future of this property.

With regard to the allotment at 2 Springhill Rd, trustees are aware that at present beneficiaries of the Margaret Stubbs Memorial Trust are not benefitting from this asset and we have asked local Friends to help us find opportunities for the land to be used- possibly as a community resource according with Quaker values.

69 High Street, Saffron Walden,

Arkwrights & Co of Saffron Walden continue to successfully manage this property on behalf of trustees and this year negotiated new leases for both the businesses which use the building.

Meeting Houses.

In January 2021 Covid 19 infections ‘spiked’ in our area and following guidance from Directors of Public Health for Essex and advice received from the Recording Clerk’s office, trustees instructed local Quaker Meeting Houses to close for worship and all Quaker activities. We were saddened to understand that

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this action caused some consternation among local Friends regarding the authority of trustees to act in this way, but considering our responsibility for the safety of our communities we have been assured that our action was in right ordering.

In February 2021 we were heartened to receive further advice from Public Health and agreed that at the discretion of each Local Meeting our Meeting Houses should reopen for worship.

Saffron Walden Friends re-opened their Meeting House for worship in March and from April began to hold blended meetings using installed technology. This has been successful in allowing those Friends who feel anxious about mixing face to face as well as those prevented by distance or ill health to be part of the life of the meeting. Prepared readings have at times been circulated by elders prior to meetings to deepen the sense of connectedness. ZOOM meetings have also been held on Wednesday and Sunday evenings and an outdoor Meeting was held in the garden in May.

Despite an increase in spoken ministry, Saffron Walden Friends have been aware of feeling spiritually under-nourished in the wake of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. One way they are addressing this has been to arrange for regular talks after meeting, where one Friend is invited to speak for 15 minutes about their spiritual path. There were moving testimonies from 2 Friends in July and the hope is to continue this practice, which has been found helpful as a way of exploring the diversity of spiritual experiences.

Earlier in the year the meeting engaged with local politicians over the issue of arms trade and nuclear weapons, and a new banner proclaims our testimony of peace to anyone who passes down the High Street.

The Meeting House opened to hirers in September and trustees remain grateful to the warden and her family at Saffron Walden for ensuring that the building remains a welcoming presence in the community.

Stansted Friends resumed face to face meetings in the summer after a prolonged closure owing to ill health in addition to Covid restrictions. During lockdowns Friends had worshipped in their own homes at the same time and afterwards shared ministry by email or on occasions when the weather was good enough, met in the garden thus allowing those Friends who felt vulnerable to join in the worship.

Bible Study material was also circulated by a Friend for individual use during lockdown, and some further materials were sent more recently as a result of her Ministry. Topics included Women in the New Testament and Lent.

This meeting remains deeply involved in the life of the local community and the nearby town of Bishop’s Stortford. It is a Sanctuary Meeting and the fall of Kabul

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in August provoked concerned ministry among Stansted Friends and the desire to act. This was followed up with a donation to the Red Cross for their work with the Afghans and a good response to Essex County Council’s appeal to donate basic clothing and equipment for refugees arriving in the area. The response was so overwhelming that ECC had to halt the appeal, and Friends are still waiting to hear where the new refugees are to be placed before they can offer further practical help.

Syrian families continue to be befriended by Stansted Friends and have become firmly established in the community. The daughter of one of the families hopes to apply for medical school with the one-to-one support from a Stansted Friend.

Recently some Friends felt moved to write to the two local MPs about Quaker concerns over the Nationality and Borders Bill. These letters have been sent but so far Friends have received acknowledgements from both, but no replies. **

Contact with Hill House Quaker Meeting in Accra, Ghana continues with meetings shared on ZOOM. A recent discussion was on the effects of colonialism on the country.

** Since preparing this report trustees have been informed that Stansted Friends have received replies which they found disappointing.

Bardfield Friends resumed meeting on 28[th] March.

Despite little face to face contact during the lockdown Friends at Bardfield continue to thrive as a small meeting which appoints neither elders or overseers. Friends offer each other deep levels of support and listening during Afterword around the coffee pot!

Spoken ministry while rare is deep and thoughtful and Meetings for Worship are frequently gathered.

In September Friends held a Memorial Meeting for their clerk who had died a year before. This was a joyful occasion full of deep ministry and a sense of sharing. An Area Meeting workshop followed on from this in which Friends were asked to consider ways in which the life of the Area Meeting might be enhanced following the appointment of a Local Development Worker to East Anglia.

Dunmow Friends resumed meeting on 28[th] March.

While the numbers of Friends attending this small meeting are few and there are some concerns about its viability as time goes by, for now Dunmow Friends continue to meet and draw strength from each other and take an active part in the life of the Area Meeting.

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PUBLIC BENEFIT

A principal requirement of our Local Meetings is to offer public worship and sadly this and many of the Area Meeting’s usual activities have been curtailed by the restrictions of lockdown. However, despite this and despite being unable to see each other’s faces and welcome our users for much of the time, the Spirit of Truth has prospered throughout our Area Meeting and we are in good heart.

SUSTAINABILITY

The continued use of the ZOOM platform for our meetings contributed to a reduction in the need for travel, therefore a reduction in the Area Meeting’s carbon footprint for the year.

With the exception of Dunmow Quaker Meeting House where there are several areas of concern to Dunmow Friends and trustees with regard to adequate heating and insulation, Friends in the Area Meeting continue in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprints. Stansted Friends buy energy from renewable sources including a biogas component, Saffron Walden and Bardfield Friends have contracts for green energy supply.

Individual Friends remain active in local sustainability initiatives with many contributing to local forums at the time of the COPT 26 climate summit in November.

SAFEGUARDING

In response to the findings of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published in 2021 and following directives from Friends House, Thaxted Area Meeting has embarked on a large-scale review and monitoring of safeguarding across our meetings. A new Safeguarding policy was adopted by Area Meeting in session in December and a working subgroup appointed to oversee the recommendations outlined in the ‘Toolkit’ an extensive document which guides Friends towards best practice in this area. In addition, safeguarding matters will be a regular item on Area Meeting agenda.

TRUSTEES AIMS FOR 2022

Our principal aim as trustees is to further the aims and purposes of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and the living out of our Testimonies to Simplicity, Truth, Equality, Peace and Sustainability.

After the two-year hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic we will commit ourselves to supporting our Local Meetings as they re-establish patterns of

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worship whether by face to face or blended meetings thus enabling the spiritual life of our communities to prosper.

There has been much disquiet among Quakers with regard to the Nationality and Borders Bill 2021 currently going through parliament. We will pay attention to the condition of refugees and asylum seekers worldwide and encourage Friends to continue to lobby MPs to legislate for fair and humane routes for refugees to seek safety.

We will continue the work we have begun on safeguarding in our Area Meeting, mindful of some of the areas in which current advice on best practice doesn’t accord with our spirit led tradition. We will be open to advice and compromise.

We will support the work of our Local Development Officer and consider ways of working more closely with Area Meetings across East Anglia.

Jackie Bartlett- Clerk. February 2022

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EIELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) THAXTED AREA MEETING Annual Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2021 The report and accompanying accounts cover the financial affairs of Thaxted Area Meeting cor¥s01idated with those of its four constituent meetings, namely Bardfield, Dunmow, Saffron Walden and Stansted Local Meetings. In June the Area Meeting became a charity. The full title is "Thaxted Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious society OT Friends (Quakers) in Britain" Thaxted Area Meeting in short, registered number 1194893. A scheme to govern tile charity came into force on 20 October 2021. Although the Area Meeting, through its trustees. is ultimately responsible in practice the care and maintenance of the Meeting Houses and other properties is generally undertaken by the Local Meetings and this is reflected in their accounts. The accounts of the individual meetings show that, despite the effects of Covid, all are satisfactory. The increase in the value of the investments made up for the lack of income due to covid. The Trustees have an agreed reserves policy and review the reserves each yeai. All the accounts have been examined by a qualified peison not connected with any of the meetings. John Capper, Treasurer 18 Landscape View, Saffron Walden: CB114AU Page 1

Legal and Administrative Information Constitution and Purpose The Area Meeting is a Charitable Incorporated Organi5alion, charity number 1194893. Its objects are delined in its constitution. in particular the furtheran￿ of the general religious and haritable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Br"rtain. The principal aclivily Is the holding of Meetings for Worship in the constituent local meetings of BardTield. Dunmow. Saffron Walden and Stansted. The affairs of the Area Meeiing are governed by "Quaker Faith and Practice., the Book of Discipline of BriLain Yearly Kle2tlli o Thrre are Memoranda of Understanding wrth the Local Meetings. The members of the Area Meetina are 811 ",hoqe t)ersons whose names are recorded in its official register. The TrAanaginc Trustees are apcainted by a Meeting for worship for Business of the Area Meeting whicl also appoints a repreoentative and an alternate to serve on Meeting for Sufferings, the representative body which advises the Trustee body for the centrally managed work of Britain Yeaily Meeting. Address for Correspondence Margaret Somerville, 54 Glebe Avenue. Braintree. Essex. CM7 4SR Meeting House Addresses Bardfie1d Friends Meeting House, Brook Slieel, Great Bardfield, Essex. CM7 4SR Dunmow Friends Meeting House, New Street, Great Dunrv.ow, Essex, CM6 18H Saffron Walden Friends Meeting House, High Street, Saffton Walden: Essex. CBIO 1AA Stansted Friends Meeling House, 87 Chapel Hill. Stansted. Essex, CM24 8AE Managing Trustees. The following Friends served in 2021. Jacqueline Bartlett, Clerk, 4 The Green Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2DS John Capper, Treasurer, 18 Landscape View. Saffron W8lden. Essex, CB114AU Jonathan Morrell, 4 Priory Couri, Apton Road, Bishops Slortfoid, Herts, Cm23 3SF Jane Mitchell, 8 Bartholomew Road, Bishops Stortford, Herts. CM23 3TR Karl Gibbs, 69a High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1AA Mark Pivac, 72 Old Mill Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB113ER. Bankers Co-operative Bank, P.0. Box 260, Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale, WN8 6wr Barclays Bank PLC, 23 High Street, Royston. SG8 9AB Holding Trustee Friends Trusts Ltd. Frtends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW12BJ f ￿lL

Accounting Policies Basis of accounting. nese accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charity Commission Statein¢nt of Ollliiieiidcd Practice SORP 2015 (Statement of Findncial Activities)- Income and expenditure. Conlribiitions, grants, letyacies: int¢resL dividend& and ients are all treated as iThcome in the ycar in ii.hich thcill are receivcd. Gift Aid recoveTcd is treated as income for the year in which tlie donations are mad¢. Land and buildiDgs. l-he properties oivncd bi." the Area l.lectin£ ¢omprisiJ)g thc Mcelino Ilouscs and W2rdens' acLoinn]odatioii are heid for the furtherancc of the .4rea lleelinu's charitable obj¢cts. Tlierc are IM.'o ini"esttnent properties: 69 Higb StrecL Saftton Walden and 2, Springhs11 Roa Saffton Walden. On Ihe recommendation of the Quaker Stewardship CommFt*e of Britain Y¢arly Meetin& the capits] valiie of the properties is included ID the a¢Lounts. The value of the propertics is based on tl)e inqurance ￿alU¢, which is rcvieivcd every five years in a quinqu¢ELnial inspection. The conleiits. of tlie Meetin(F Flouses are written off at PUTchase. Reserves. The Reserves are at thc lev¢1 they have Iken tor sel'erdl years. -11)ev aT¢ in lii)e w(Ih the reserves policy and are Feviewed each year. Jjoeal MeetÉDtrS. In accordance M"'ith guidance from the Charity Commission and the Quaker Stewardsliip Comimiltee tlie iinrestrieted funds of Local MeetinJts are shown as desi￿lated fuiid5. Presentation of the Accounts The accounts have bc¢r, prepared using Data Developtnents "Financc Co-ordinator" the software packa(re r¢commended by ACA"I" (Thc Association of Church Accounts and Treasurers). This does not support a spr¢adsh¢¢t showing in one Éable a breakdomin of income and cxpendilute lor the Aira Mceting and all its conslTtuent Local MectinDs. so these bave been priThted separately.

Rcport of the Independellt Examiner I rtport on the ¢onsolidatcd accounts of Thaxted Affa Quaker Meeting for the year elided 31 Decinibir 20? I , which are set out below. RespeLtive responsibilities of trustees aod examiner The chaTity's In]stees aT¢ responsible for the pr¢paration of tl)¢ accouDts. The charity's trustccs considgr that an aisdit is not required for this year under section 144{2) of IIIL Charities Act 2011 (tlie 2011 Act) and ihat an l￿d¢pendent exatniDalioii is nceded. It is my responsibilitSi to: cxatnin¢the accounts under section 14) of thc 2011 ACL to folloNv the proccdures laid doivn in the tseneral Directions ￿1VeR by the Charity Commission under scction 145(5)(b} of the 2011 .4ci: and to state whethcr particulaT matters hai"t COTne TO m}, attention. Basis uf indepcndellt examiner's report My exa￿]n&t[oll was carried out in accoi'dancc ilith the ueneral Directions given b}, the Charity Cominission. An exasninalion includes a ieview of th¢ ticcouiiting f¢LOTds kept by tlie charitrrf and a coinparison of thc acknollnts prescnted w'ith thosc r¢cords. It also includes consideration of any unusuul ilcms or disclosures in lh¢ accouiits, seeking explanations frotn (iustees concerning aiiy su¢1) Inatters. The procedures undertak¢n do not pToYide all th¢ evidence that would be ￿qUired in an audit and consequ¥ntl}I no opinion is given as to whcther the accounts present a 'true and fair vieiv, and th¢ report is limiled to thosc matters set out in the statement below. Indcpendent examiner's st1& tement In connlclion IN'ith my exaTninalion: no matter has come to my atteiition.. ( l) which (FiVQ8 me reasonable cause to bclieve tl)at in any material respect tlie requirements.. to keep ac¢ounting rcLords iti accordance Nvith section 130 of the 2011 Act" Ind to prcpai"e accounts .hich accord iN'iih tlie accountiDg records and comply wilh the accounting requiiements of the 2011 Act haN'e not be¢n met; or (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should bc drawn in ordcr to enablc a proper Underst￿]din0 of the accounts to be rcaihed. Name.. Aniandd PTentice Address.. Bentens, Abbey Hou.%e, 51 High StreeL Salyron Walden, Esse4 CBI O IAF Page 4

Thaxted Area Meeting ststement of Financial Actsvities For the period from 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 Totsl Prior year totsl Ivnds funds Income and endowments from.. Dcwuons legac&s Inccrfne from ￿all￿tr￿e Investrents 49.552.57 49 552 57 740 02 40 341 79 37.295 21 1 537.99 24.121 28 1 53795 24.121 28 er Intome 20.577 77 Totsl income 97.951A6 97.551.86 99.$38.13 Expenditure on.. 1.509 48 1rA.441 94 414 OD 1 S[￿46 3.783 14 97.052 30 3S2 ExrEndrture on chantable oU￿r ewendilure 108.441 94 414 00 Ttstsi exwnditurv Gains I luss on ￿vestMe￿ assets 110.365.40 110,365AO 101,J68A4 4.W11 4.596.11 Net incomè I lexpenOtyrÈl res￿rreS betwe tra (T.817_431 17M17.431 {1,530.311 rransfers GTSS liansfe￿ betw furKIs- Gross transf￿5 OtherrecognisÈdgains Ilosses G8ins on fevaluatian. f￿ed assets. (wm L 4.SSS01 4.555 01 N£t n￿e￿*￿tIn fvnts 13.262.421 I1￿10.31> Reconciliaiion of funds Trtal brothJhtforwa¢d 3161￿8A5 3,861.158.45 3I62,768.76 Total fvnd8¢artsd forward 3A57976.03 3,857.976.03 3,861.238.45 08 June 20L Pa9e

Fixèdassets 268.trgSJ 38$7.9Th 2.371L Ewnaled. SW COIF DEPWt Fu e￿9￿￿ted. Safv Wahjen L￿￿1￿41r￿J Designaied. Smith & Nefv USMStAres Oe¥9nat￿. stanSt￿ L(yxl Kwng 1479.484 34.524.00 272.744 72 (22 381 23.213 80 6.524 14.198.92 368.424.75 358.811.46 2B3,165.82 13.48Z.34 ,051.76 DO￿nal￿-AmCQ1F Uni [ksign￿. Tha￿lAu COIF tpot Furnl Dewgnsla. ￿ GkthlAM In¥ewne Ignated. 8¥rdlekl LLK4 Er"< Designai8d. Th1SMCO￿ Dew Furnl WJ76.03 08 June 2022

Thaxted Area Meeting Balance Sheet detsiled Asat 3111212021 Asat 3111212020 C￿1.. Saffvon WahJ&n Fbxse 1.824.639.(Kl 189.902.00 1,824.839.00 189.902.00 002.. Stafisted KetirvJ House CK$3." Bardfidd Meebng House (1)4" Dunmow meeti￿ House OD5". 69A HwJh Street (Wardens Hw5el 006.. 69 High. Stteet 7" 2 Spnnghil. Road 363.059.00 363,059.00 329 545 DQ 329 545 00 230.IX)O 00 230.c￿.￿) 36y-:21 2e? 2￿.￿ rJ Total FTxe£l assets 3.589.￿.20 3.589.9tsI0 Currènt assets 10Q" Ctrop ￿￿r Saffton WaAlei 103. Bary5 Saffr--. wa￿￿. 104. COIF Oep05rt Atsount S Wak$2n 105." COIF Invesmeni Fund Amimuiation 250 MSM Arxunt SprHyJhdl Road 8ardays 251 MSM COIF D&oosrt Acmjni 8.385 64 434391 5.343.29 45.105 81 47.752.70 44.24 13,482.34 13.480.72 42.031.60 5.800.73 6.523.76 252 Smith & Nephew MSM Shares O Ctrop Account Thaxteo At2a Trleetiny 351". AM COIF deposrt A￿1)Unt 352.. M & G ChariboTrl Units AM 353" BMO Unts AM 354". AM COIF Ac¢)Mnulakn Unts TIO. Dunmthv Busirws InbE5tor 771" Dunm(ywTreasuwTrustA¢tount 34.524.00 2,372.( 6.524.56 1.051.78 14,198.92 23.213.80 5.146.( 1.089 17 11,821.74 19,873.410 6.Y26.34 2.85E.72 21.186.19 2.892.37 17,560.75 Invesbrenl 37.49 45.14 870.. BatdfA1 Cw) bank 871.. Bardfiek1 TrK*Y05 Bank 2.486.22 2.879.53 2.628_14 2.677_16 970.. Stan5ted BarclaysArxouni 971.. star￿ CAF FTxwJ lrterest Inve5bTV 972". siansteJ Gwi PathrE5 19.333.41 .12,494.46 48,180.05 15.IXYJ.00 48.509.31 15,LKN).IM) 268.010.83 271273.25 3,85T,976.03 3.861.238.45 OB June 2022 Page I

Asat "2Y_2' Reserves Exrss I IdefiLI to date Z01. Siartir¥J ba￿TreeS Z02" OthEr gainsllk)s5esl Z03.. Gainsllk)ssesl ¢Jn ￿81 of fixed assets Total Reserve5 Represented by Furmts Unresthtsl OesyJfi*ed Restncted 3.857.976.03 Toia 3,857.976.03 3.861.238.45 08 June 2022 Page E

Thaxted Me¢ting Analysis of income and expenditurp Selected period: 01 January 2021 to 31 DecembeT 2021 Totsl Th¥yÈaY Income and endovfflients Donations and legacies 200- Donations via LM 201 - Colledion5 202- Gift Atd 15.341.24 15,341.24 ',2 16.939.24 504- Leg2w.:o AFA 31 B3rdr&.= Ccn[rwLi￿n￿ C-At e32- 83id¥e4 CcqPrDwl'. 701 Du￿￿1￿9 Coilr.tFbW.- 901 - stan$t￿ L&Jacy 902- Stansied ur,lesfo,'d Grar..t 903- Sl8nstea Donations to LM 904- Stansted CollectlQll5 Donations and legacyes fotsls Income fmm ch4rilable activities 203- Letbws 204- 69 ￿19￿ Street Re¢)t 500- CoTrttibutions from Lms 501 - D￿￿e￿O5 Th2ed AM 502_ Deposi(Accounl Intsrtsl 3- BaL3Tr￿ from RegN)val Galherng 560- Rent, 2 Sptiwhill Ri>ad 633. Batdfrekl Hiriws 834. Bard[￿k1 (Ipus cowe￿i¥ 635- 8ardfEkl QuakerAthiiE5 702- Dunmow Hkrys 705- Dunmow payTnenisfr¢JY w￿￿$ foi E￿¢t￿ri 906- Stan5ted Letlings 3.4.(K 661_24 1.335.Ul 1,335.(M) 3,373.00 Income from charilableaclivities Totsts 22,740.02 21740.￿2 37.312.33 Inve51ments 190- InteW SW COIF Dews Accou 191 .AM COIF Dep0sitAtxx)u￿ Inletesl 561- O￿thnd Smith & Nephew 562. MSM CCIA DepositALJ))unl InLAiesl - Batdfeitl Ttxmlos Interest 703- 8￿}nesS Inveor 0.62 D.80 743.09 743.09 814.60 1.62 7.42 137 2.37 I￿. DLiTrmith Trts5LrersTru5L Ac£oud IntÈrest JS- StarystrBQ COIF Iraoyre 7. P3sttEFPS Ir(4wtrwt 329.26 450.00 1.537.99 1.423.36 Investhrents Tvials 1.537.99 31 May 2022 Pag

TGlal Thisypor Lè5tyear other incorne 205- The F¥rrfl IRepayTnertsl 206. HMRC Futknuyh Grant 207. Government Co¥Kk19 Grani l¥ra Uttkesfo 8QO_ Incoa5e in Pr¢petyVabJe 274.clj 274.ryj 11.847.28 12.000.00 480.50 9.097.27 11.000.00 11.847.28 Iz.w).t Otherincome Totals 24.121.28 24,121.28 20.STI i I Income endowments Grand totals 97,951.86 Expenditure Raising funds 322- 69 High Street Raising funds Totals Expenditure on chaiitable activities 300- Warden Wag 3QI - DDnatlOll5 to BYM 302- Donation5 to Quaker Charrts 3￿3- Donations lo non Quaker Charities 3Q4- Grants agreed by l￿al M8eÉiry 305- In5urÈnce Saffron Wakl8n LM 306- Repairs ar￿ Maintenance V£et House 307- Repairs and mai(rtenan￿ 69A 308- Equipment 309- Garden 310- Etedririty 311 . W8terlSewera 312- Councl Tax 314- Cleaning MBl2ria 315- Catering 316- PuNltity Inc outreach 317- Pa￿1ftg Pemits 318- Bts)kk8eper chatge 319-Webstie 3nd 2oc¥n 320- Internei inc kcenses, not zotmn 323. CouFses &COnfe￿n￿ SW Friends 324-Window Ckariing 325.Anfi￿l Conirdwtth toThaxlwJ 17. 8.046.50 2.350 00 1(KJ.00 2.093.83 7271.54 4.791.78 4.797.57 4.791.18 4,797.57 522.50 3.227.02 58881 3,227.02 588.81 2.391.91 132.47 31.95 225.17 1,859.50 2.343_31 479.10 220.36 1391.91 132.47 31.95 225.17 293.OD 293. 550.00 S￿.48 70.00 475.00 473.53 696.63 691.00 52186 255.98 3(M).00 9W.00 1.2W.00 326- Stationary & Postaue 327-Annual subse￿F￿￿S eg ChurchE5 Togethe 328-Tekphone 329- Gravestot 330_ Plaq￿5 331- knprovements House 550. CouTres aTKI Confww 154.36 75 154.36 29B_75 210.00 210. 221 68 2.494.7i 8EO.CO 279.97 279_97 129.00 120.00 660.00 76.11 551 . Chld Protedion Fee 552. Ex3rn5natK)n of Accoutrts 3- AM OfficeF & Trustee Expenses 554- Annual Subs Lrving Wage. QICJ 129.￿* 660. 1LN).18 142_ 100.18 215.75 142.otj 01 June 2 gelo

Totsl yEÈr 555. Fees for advice fijr Chat4ty Registration - Membership Secretary B3rdff.eld Meeeting House - AM Ntsti￿ in The FtierMI 590- Springhiu Rtsad Inswan 591 SpiirJhill Road Repairs anLS M￿nterta￿ 4,7L¥J. 4.7(Mi.ryJ 1.62150 1.622.6V 35.33 255.35 462.OD 285.43 462. 2,89O.IB 592- Grants to Youw Ffi￿dS 593- Spr5nghil Road. E￿￿(ZIWO￿ 594-GAntto Greenwo(xJ Twst 595- Grattsto Quaker EducatK>nal B￿jIeS 596- Springhill Rad Garden 597- Sprinohill Road 7g5.50 1.236.00 1.Z36.tM) 1.127.37 6.950.(KI 6.950. B58 CD 150.00 ogD 52.20 975.00 51 0 91.08 651.61 180.13 240.00 360.00 708.50 100_00 710_32 710.3Z 75.00 67.29 75.￿) 67.29 791.16 Purchases 751- DunTnowWaier 752- Dunmow Eleckriaty 753- Dunm(yNG8Tden 754- Dun[[￿1 maintenan￿ & Repaus 755. Dunm(M Fire Prote(on 756- Duthmw kli￿lIa￿e0uS 757- Ounmow Insuran 758- DuDmow Contribubon lo AM 951- Stansied CLeaner 952- Stansted M8terra15 & Suppl 953- Strnsled Repairs and Maintenan 954- Stsnsled Water & S￿￿e 955- Slansled Gas. eledtioty. 956- St3n5ted Insur8n 7- SlaDstÈd Contributiotl toArea Meeting 958- Strnsted Contribution to BYN 959- Stansted Donat￿5 9BO. Stansted other (x)sts of l)J 239.08 136.11 1.256.10 1,256.10 1.373.83 360.00 2.102.00 2.135m 62.64 2.135.00 62.64 7.65 639.58 300.00 998.00 198.81 26D.20 i2.19 400.00 1.170. 998.(Ml 198.81 2fj0.20 1.476.47 218.16 21B.16 1.443.13 480.25 1.443.13 1.324 317 300.00 300.00 .00 1.2T2.(K¥ 378.iKJ 1.212.00 378 00 961- Stansted Gardener 472.50 472.50 ExPendI￿re on charitable activili85 Totals 1￿.441.94 I08.441.94 Other oypendilure 321-The FFEnd 434. 414.Tr1 Other expendilure Totats 414.iXS 414.C¥) ExpenditUTe GTand tota15 110.365.40 110.365.40

Staternenl of Assets and L53biithS ity coxjei As at.. 31 December 2021 Class and nominal code General Designated Restricte Endowment Tot31 L35t year Fixed assets. Herilage assets 001 Saffron Wak1en Meeling House 1.824.639. 1 824 ?39 824 ¢39 JO 002." Slansled Meeting House 189,9)2. 18990200 ia9 9J20C 003". Bardfield meeb.ng Hotss8 363.059.(￿l 363.059 00 363 059 00 QNJ4 '. Dunmow Nleeting House 329.545. 329.545 00 329 545.00 Total 2.707.145.( 2.707.145 00 2 707 145 00 Fixed assets- Tanglble assets 005". 89A High st￿et IWarden5 House) 230,OW.QO 230.000 00 006 .. 69 H￿m Street 369.721. 9.721.00 369,721.DO 7 . 2 Springhill Road 283.0gJ.20 283.099.20 283.099.20 Totsl 882.820.20 882.820 20 882,820.20 Current assÈts- Cash at bank and in hand 100". C041p Account Saffron Walden 4,858.41 4.858 41 6,385.64 103 . 88rclays Saffron Walden 816.09 81609 566.09 250.. MSMAcctsunl Spllnghill Road Barclays 4424 44.24 350. Co-opAccountThaxtedArea Meeting 2.372.1 2.372.06 5.800.73 770". Dunmow Bu$￿e$S In¥e#or 5.146.t 5.f46 06 6,926.34 771 .. DunrnowTreasuiets Trust Acujunt 2.8S￿ 72 2.8*.72 2.892 37 773". Duntnow Petty Cash 37.49 37.49 45.14 870". Bar￿f￿￿1 Cr￿p bank 2.486 22 2,486.22 2.628.14 871 ." BardfEkd Trio($0s Bank 2.879 53 2.879.53 2,877.16 970.. Stansted BaFdays Account 19.333.41 19,333.41 12,494.46 Total 40.870.23 40.870.23 42.616 07 104 ." COIF Oep05itAccount S Wakjen 4.343_91 4,343.91 5.343 29 105.. COIF Investrnenl Fund AtLumulation Units 45.105.81 45.105.81 47.752.70 251 ." MSM COIF DepositAcwunt 13,482 34 13,482.34 13.480.72 252." Srnith & Nephew MSM Shares 34.524.IX) 34.524.00 42 031.60 351 .' AM COIF derx)sitAerAJunt 6.524. 6.524.56 6.523.76 08 June 2022 Page 1

Class anJ nomnal COOE 352 . M & G Charibond Unrc5 AM 353." BMO Units AM 14 1505£ 354 . AM COIF AmjMu￿t1On Unrt5 23.213. 772 ." Dunrnow Fri8nds ProYidenVBSO Invesbneni 21 18619 971 Stsnsted CAF Fixed Inte￿st Investrnent 48.509.31 9n .. Stsrtsted Green Pastures 15.(W.CK) TotsS 227.140 FA) 227.140 60 8.657.18 Net totsl awts 3.857.976.03 3.857.976.03 3,881.238.45 Represonted by tlesvJnated. AM 2.3n.(6 2.372.1 5.81X>.73 DeSigna￿- AMAc£ 23213.80 23.213.80 19.873 40 DesvJnaled. AMDep 6.524.56 6.524. 6.523.76 Designated- BMO 14 198.92 34.198.92 11,821.74 DesBnated. Bardfekj 368.424 75 368.424 75 368.564.30 Designated- Dunrn( 358.811.46 358.811.46 356,969.60 Designated- MSM 283.165.82 283.165 82 283.121.58 DesvJnated- Msmtkp 13.482.34 13.482.34 13,480.72 Designated- MandG 1.051.76 1.051.76 1.089.17 DeS￿nated- SWLM 2.479.484.22 2.479.484.22 2.486,407 72 De5ignated- &nithNeph 34.524.00 34,524.00 42.031.60 DesuDated- star￿te 272.744.72 272,744.72 265,576.51 De5ignated- ZPension 122.381 122.381 122.381 Total 3.857.976.03 3.857,976.03 3,861.238.45 08 June 20L l <

Notes to the Accounts Trustee Remuneration l-rustees weTe not retllunerated. Trustee Expenses Thc only expenses claÉmed by the Tn￿etS were £51.98 for cotnputer ink and paper purchased by the ¢leTk and £1 O for stamps and paper b), the Tre&%ureT. Ilelated Party TranSaCtio￿S There were no related party transactions. 4 x Gratia l)ayments I"here were no ex gratia paymcnts. Colltributions to BYII and other charities. Local Meetinos agree aJJ}' Jants to Britaill Yearly Mectino. Saffron Wdlden N￿Le￿lY collections. The charitr." to be collected for on a particular week is &￿e￿a at a local meetinu for business and Indi￿ldual Friends make contributions if Ihey ivish to support the Charity concerned. the last collection each tnonth Rs for central funds. OLLasionally at a local meeting IOT business will agree to suppoit a particular appLal, ofteLI lor Local Meeting Building Appeals, froEn Locaj Meeting fimds. these 8re shown separatcl): in the accounts. Page 14

Report of the Independent Examiner I report on the consolid&ted accounts of Thaxted Area Quaker MeetiDg for the year erLded 31 Decernber 2021 . which are set out below. Respective respollsibilities of trustees and exalniner The charitys trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that aD audit is not Tequired for this year under section 144(2} of the Charitics Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) ond that an independent examinatioD is needed. It LS Iny reiponsibility to: examinethe accounts under section 145 of the 2011 ACL to follow the procedures laid down ill the generdl Dire¢tions given by the Charity Commission undcr section 145(5)0)) of the 2011 Act. and to state whether particular mattets have come to my attentioll. Basis of indepelldent eiaminer'5 report My examination was Ca￿led out in accordaDce with the general Dirc¢tiolls given by the Chartty Commission. An examination includ¢s a review of the accounting records kept by the charity aJJd a coinparison of the accotsnts presented with those records. It also includes collsideratioll of unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, seeking explanatiODS from trustees concerning any such matters. The procedure5 undertaken do not provide all the evidencc that would be Tequired in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'trne and fair view aTLd tbe report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent eiaminer's statement In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention: (l) NTrhi¢h gives me r&wnable cause lo believe that ally material respect thc requiTements.' to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act" tmd to prcpaie accounts which accord with the accounting recoids and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been meL or {?) to Nvhich, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in ordei to enable a proper understsnding of the a￿0llnts to be reached. Name.. Arnanda Prentice Address: Bentens, Abbey House, 51 High Street. Saffton Walden. E5sek CB10 IAF Page 4