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Mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1215760
Status
Registered
Registered
Nov. 14, 2025
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
QUAKER MEETING HOUSE
RAINSFORD ROAD
CHELMSFORD
CM1 2QL

Activities

Mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting is an Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Our charitable purpose is furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of Quakers. We hold public Meetings for Worship on a Sunday at our Meeting Houses in Chelmsford, Billericay, Brentwood, Maldon and Leigh on Sea. Further details can be on our website at midessexquakers.org.uk.

Objects: The Object Of Mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting Is The Furtherance Of The General Religious And Charitable Purposes Of The Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers) In Britain In The Area Of Mid Essex Area Quaker 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 Mid Essex Area Quaker 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 Mid Essex Area Quaker 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 Area Meeting And Contributing To The Support Of Britain Yearly Meeting.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Religious Activities
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Essex, Southend-on-sea

Trustees

Name Appointed
James Roland Grigg (Chair) Jan. 1, 2022
Andrew Mark Watson Jan. 1, 2023
Carlos Richard Huggins Jan. 1, 2021
Christina Thurston Jan. 18, 2026
Jonathan Peter King Jan. 1, 2024
Lynda Kathleen Kingston Jan. 1, 2022
Margaret Elizabeth Smith July 13, 2025