# MID ESSEX AREA QUAKER MEETING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1215760
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 14, 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=1215760


## Contact

- **Address:** RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, QUAKER MEETING HOUSE, RAINSFORD ROAD, CHELMSFORD
- **Postcode:** CM1 2QL
- **Phone:** 07876353547
- **Email:** contact@midessexquakers.org.uk
- **Website:** https://midessexquakers.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.




## 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

- Essex
- Southend-on-sea




## Trustees

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