# NORTH SOMERSET AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1215031
- **Other names:** NORTH SOMERSET AREA MEETING, North Somerset Quakers
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 19, 2025
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1215031


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 OATLANDS, WRINGTON HILL, WRINGTON, BRISTOL
- **Postcode:** BS40 5PL
- **Phone:** 01934863109
- **Email:** trusteeclerk@nsomersetquakers.org.uk
- **Website:** https://nsomersetquakers.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF NORTH SOMERSET 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 NORTH SOMERSET AREA MEETING AND BEYOND.TO THAT END, THE CIO’S INCOME AND PROPERTY ARE USED SOLELY TO FURTHER THE AREA MEETING’S OBJECT BY WORK SUCH AS:I)STRENGTHENING THE LIFE AND WITNESS OF QUAKER MEETINGS BOTH IN THE AREA OF NORTH SOMERSET AREA MEETING AND BEYOND;II)SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF QUAKERS AND INTERPRETING AND DEVELOPING THE THOUGHT AND PRACTICE OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY;III) UNDERTAKING QUAKER SERVICE FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AT HOME AND ABROAD;IV) FUNDING THE CONCERNS THAT QUAKER MEETINGS IN THE AREA OF NORTH SOMERSET AREA MEETING OR BEYOND HAVE ADOPTED OR AGREED TO SUPPORT;V) PROVIDING FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND ATTENDERS INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED AND FOR EDUCATION;VI) MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING QUAKER MEETING HOUSES AS PLACES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP AND FROM WHICH TO CARRY OUR WITNESS INTO THE WORLD;VII) ADMINISTERING AND MAINTAINING THE ORGANISATION OF NORTH SOMERSET AREA MEETING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUPPORT OF BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING.

**Activities:** We are Quakers and members of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.  We hold weekly meetings at our Meeting Houses in Clevedon, Sidcot and Weston-super-Mare




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- North Somerset




## Trustees

- **ANDREW HOWDEN HEWITT** (Chair) — appointed March 12, 2023
- ADRIAN THOMAS SHEPHARD — appointed Nov. 8, 2025
- David Michael Grove — appointed May 8, 2022
- Richard John Clements — appointed Dec. 1, 2024
- Shena Margaret Deuchars — appointed April 1, 2019