Charity Number.. SC 024632
Northern Friends Peace Board
Report and f inancial statements
For the year ended 3151 December 2025

Northern Friends Peace Board
Reference and administrative information
for the year ended 31 December 2025
Charity number
SC 024632
Registered office and operational address
Quaker Meeting House, 50 Silverwell Street, Bolton 8LI IPP
Trustees
Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as
follows:
Alan Frith
Till Geiger
Jayne Meadows Iclerkl
Peter Speirs
Deryck Hillas (Treasurer)
Jennie White
Key management personnel
Philip Austin
Steven Waling
Coordinator
Administrative A5515tant
Bankers
The Cooperative Bank, Olympic House, Montford Court, Salford, M5 2QP
Ecology Buildin8 Society. 7 Belton fload, Si5sden, Keighley 8D20 OEE
Independent Examiner
Jennifer Daniel FCCA DChA
Slade & Cooper Limited
Beehive Mill, Jersey St, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6JG

Northern Friends Peace Board
Trustees, annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025
Northern Friends Peace Board
Report of Trustees
for the year ended 31 December 2025
The Northern Friends Peace Board Trustees submit their report and accounts for the period I,
January- 31"December 2025.
Tru5tee5 conf irm that the accounts comply with current statutory requirements and the charity's
constitution.
Charity Objectives and Prlnclpal Activities
The objective of Northern Friends Peace Board INFPBI is the advancement, within its areas of
operation, of the principles of the Religiou5 Society of Friends lQuakersl with special reference to
the testimony against all wars, and through promoting peace, justice and care for the environment.
This arises from the charity's original mandate.. "To advise and encourage Friends in the North, and
through them their fellow Christian5 and citizens generally, in the active promotion of peace in all
its height and breadth., It undertakes activities to this end.
When planning the charity's activities for the year, Trustees considered the guidance of the Charitv
Commission and of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator on public benefit. Trustees are
committed to reaching as many people as possible through its work, both members and attenders
of the Society of Friends as well as people of other faiths and perspectives on the world.
A. Contlnulng Objectlves and artivities
Objectives
Activities
l Arranging Board
meetings to take place.
Meetings of our members were arranged and took place,
all as hybrid meeting5. Those joining in-person met in
Nottingham, Edinburgh, York and Liverpool Meeting
Houses. Invited speakers were Russell Whiting of the UK
branch of the Global Campaign on Military Spending; Dixé
Wills from Quakers in Britain,. Rachel Julian, Professor of
Peace Studies at Leeds Beckett University and Diana Jeater,
Professor of African Studies at the University of Liverpool.
At each of our meetings, we were pleased to be joined by
number of Friends from the locality and were provided
with warm welcomes and hospitality.

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Trustees, annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025
The meetings served as valuable opportunities for Friends
to consider the challenging national and global context for
our work, to hear reports of Quaker and other activities
and to consider priorities for NFPB'S future work.
The Clerks and Coordinator were assisted in planning our
members, meetings by a newly-established arrangement5
group. As described above, members were fully involved
during our meetings in considering the range of work that
we undertake and to give guidance on future priorities.
Trustees, continued to meet informally on a monthly basis,
which has enabled them to keep up to date with the work
and keep in touch with one another outside of the formal
meetings.
NFPB members were also involved in working with the
Coordinator in planning and delivering workshops for
Friends in York and Stocksfield.
2 Continuing to
strengthen the Board
and Trustee5 a5 a
community, developing
the clerking team,
providing opportunities
for joint action as well
as discussion and
worship.
3 Contributing to a
number of other
Quaker and non-Quaker
events around the
country, including
Britain Yearly Meeting.
NFPB planned and ran a special interest group meeting
ahead of the annual gathering of Britair) Yearly Meeting in
May. We also set up and hosted a stall at the 'Groups' Fair,
during the weekend meeting. Throughout the year we
participated in the monthly online meetings of the Peace
and Service Network of the Friends World Committee for
Consultation's Europe and Middle East Section, as well as
participating lonline due to ill-healthl in the annual
weekend gathering of that Network.
We produced two issues of the NFPB Update in the first
half of the year and four issues of the Peace Round-up.
From August, we combined these two resources into a bi-
monthly NFPB Bulletin. In total, thi5 is distributed to
arourid 450 email addresses, including those for Quaker
Meetirsgs, other peace and Quaker orEanisation5 and
individuals. Three issues of the NFPB Bulletin were
published, in August, October and December.
4 Arranging regular
mailings to Local
Quaker Meetings and
Area Meetings.
Producing regular
Peace Round-up
newsletters and other
resources.
5 Maintaining and
building on NFPB'S
current working
relationships with
range of peace and
Our main working relationships continued to be with
Rethinking Security, the Global Campaign on Military
Spending IGCOM51 and the Network of Christian Peace
Organisations INCPOI. We supported the work of
Rethinking SecuritV'5 Outreach Group during the year,
attending meetings of that group and the full Council in
person and online. Our Coordinator also continued to

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Quaker organisation5
and groups.
serve on the steering/core groups of GCOMS and NCPO,
helping arrange meetings and to guide their work. This
year the Coordinator also served on an ad-hoc group
convened by Christian Aid to support their work in
developing resources for Churches to inform and promote
work for a just peace in Pa lestine and Israel.
. Objertlves and actlvities for the perlod
l. Completing work on our
pvb1ication and getting
it widely distributed and
read.
We published Quoker Responses to War, a 70-page book in
May, being a collection of Quakers sharing experience,
insights and reflections, particularly in relation to the wars
in Ukra ine and Gaza. We promoted and sold this during
Britain Yearly Meeting, as well as through the Quaker
Bookshop, via our web51te and at a number of other
events. We had sold more than two thirds of our print-run
of 300 copies by the end of the year. Publication of the
expanded companion e-book had not been completed by
the end of the year, due to personal circumstances
affecting the person undertaking the editorial work.
2. Offering and running
workshops and other
regional events.
Materia I from the book was used in a workshop for
Friends in Northumbria Area Meeting in September. We
also ran a workshop for Friends in York Area Meeting in
March, and another for an interfaith event in November.
3. Continuing efforts to
apply for funding for
specific areas of work
and encourage
individual giving and
legacy contributions
We were successful in our application for funding to the
Edith M Ellis Charitable Trust, to enable us to arrange and
run an event in June 2026 for Friends to engage with
issues around contemporary understanding and
experiences of the Quaker peace testimony.
4. Start planning for
change in working
arrangements with
Coordinator's
retirement expected
around the end of 2026.
Trustees set up a staffing sub-group, which had 10
meetings during the year, both online and in-person. The
group reviewed current working arrangements and
pratticalities, recruitment processes and a timetable for
the same and began work on a job description and

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person-specification. The group had a number of helpful
pieces of external input, including from a staff member
with recruitment experience from Quakers in Britsin and
an outgoing employee of 3 similar-sized peace
organisation. The Board appointed Tracey Martin to serve
on the sub-group a5 a Coopted member for 18 months.
The group feported on its work to the full Board in
November. The Coordinator identified a range of
objectives and tasks to undertake during his final year in
post to enable a smooth handover.
5. Supportin8 Friends in
consideration of and
action on the Peace
Testimony, arising from
Bfltain Yearly Meeting's
focus this year durin8 Its
weekend meeting in late
May.
6. Developing the wider
involvement of
members in taking our
work forward- eg. with
the Board meeting
arrangements 8roup
As referenced above, our work has included publication of
Re5ponse5 to Wor running a number of workshops and
continued work to develop our website as a starting point
for resources. Our Members, meetings also included time
for Friends to reflect deeply on some of the considerable
challenges in the world and our responses to these.
The contribution of our members, including trustees and
NFPB Representatives has already been mentioned above.
Further work was being developed in the last two months
of the year, with a new working group appointed to
arrange and deliver the Peace Testimony event for which
we had been awarded additional fundin8.

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Trustees, annual report for the year ended 3 1 December 2025
FUTURE PLANS
Contlnulng Objertlves
Objectives for the previous year listed above are continued.
B. Specific Objertivesfvr 2026
l. Planning and delivering the Peace Testimony event in June
2. Recruitment of new Coordinator and working with them and current Coordinator for
handover during the Autumn
3. Continuing to explore further funding opportunities and to keep in communication with
Area Meetings and other current groups and individuals that provide financial support
4. Reviewing work priorities and networking commitment5 in anticipation of reduced staff
capacity from January 2027
5. Recruitment of trustees and other role-holders
Financial Revlew and Results
Our income from individual donations and f inancial contributions for Local and Area Quaker
Meetings was above the level for which trustees had budgeted due to a modest increase in income
from Quaker Area Meetings and the receipt of a grant donation for a projett to be delivered in
2026. Trustees had suggested a figure of £10 per member of each Area Quaker Meeting for
financial contributions. The charity's travel and accommodation costs increased from the previous
year but were again below pre-pandemic levels as a result of online and hybrid working practices.
We continued to draw on reserves to make up a difference between income and expenditure. We
were pleased to note that that gap was smaller than we had anticipated.
FINANCIAL POLICIES
Rlsk assessment
Trustees undertook a thorough risk assessment, reviewing the charity's risks and identifying
courses of action arising from that assessment.
Trustees have assessed the financial and operating outlook and consider that the charity is a 8oin8
concern. Trustees had contscted Area Meetings at the end of the 2024 and suggested that financial
contributions to support our work should again be at £10 per member during 2025, whilst being
conscious of inflationary pressures and the likely need to increase this a8ain in f uture years.

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Reserves Policy
In July 2021 Trustees agreed that the charity should endeavour to hold in its reserves the
equivalent of twelve months, running costs, based on the period of notice required for the
termination of the charity's Co-ordinator's employment and any winding up costs associated with
that. The charity's current reserves exceed this margin. Trustees shall be drawing on the charity's
reserves to cover the anticipated deficit in 2026 but in the medium to longer-term hope to reduce
the amount being drawn on in this way through a ppeals to Quakers and grant-fundin8 application5
in particular and by reducin8 Staffing costs. Trustees will draw on reserves to develop project work
when necessary. A proportion of our funds 15 invested in ethical portfolios, to help maintain the
value of these funds and to generate some additional income.
Structure, governance and management
The area of operation of the Board is primarily that covered by the Area Meetings of Britain Yearlv
Meeting in Scotland, North Wales and Northern England. Its constitution is governed by the Law of
Scotland and is registered as a charity with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. The Board
maintains an office in Bolton. It employs a full-time Co-ordinator and a part-time Administrative
A551Stant. Philip Austin and Steven Waling, C&ordinator and Administrative Assistant respectively,
undertook the finance-related administrative work. Philip Austin continued his cO￿rdInatIng role in
relation to all other areas of the work of the Board and its trustees. Their work was undertaken
chiefly from our office, with a smaller amount also undertaken from their homes.
Procedures of the Board and its committees follow the general counsel on church affairs set out in
Quoker Foith and Practi￿. The Trustees work is guided by the meetings of all Board members,
including Representatives of all Northern Area Meetings and co-opted members, each of whom is
appointed for Specific purposes. The full Board meets three or four times per ca lendar year and its
trustees meet at least four times per year. The Board's variou5 sub groups meet at different times,
reporting to the Board and to Trustees.
The law require5 Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true
and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources of the year and the
application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements,
Trustees are required to..
I select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently,
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the f inancial statements,
4 prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to
presume that the charity will Continue in business.

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Trustees, annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025
Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the
financial statements comply with applicable accounting standards. They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and
detection of f raud and other irregularities.
Trustees during the period covered were Alan Frith, Till Geiger Deryck Hillas ITreasurerl, Jayne
Meadows Iclerk to Trustees from January 20251, Jennie White and Peter Speirs. Friend5 are
appointed as Trustees both from the membership of the Board and from amongst Northern Friends
as co-opted members. Alan Frith and Suzanne Wilson were reappointed to serve as Clerks to the
Board. Trustees held five formal meetings- four online and one in-person~ with informal monthlv
meetings and contacts between trustees and staff throughout the year. Trustees plan to have one
of their meetings in person during 2026, other meetings being held online.
By Order of the Trustees and signed on its behalf by..
Deryck Hillas (Treasurerl
Jayne Meadows (Clerk to Trustees)
Date

Independent examiner's report
to the trustees of
Northern Friends Peace Board
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended
31 December 2025 which are set out on pages 10 to 14.
Respective responslbllities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment Iscotlandl Act 2005 and the Charities
Accounts Iscotlandl Regulations 2006 las amendedl. The charity trustees consider that the audit
requirement of Regulation 10111 Idl of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my
responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44111 Icl of the Act and to state
whether particular matters have come to my attention.
8asis of independent examiner's statement
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2￿6 Accounts Regulations.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison
of the accounts presented with those records. It a150 includes consideration of any unusual items or
disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters.
The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
onsequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examlner'8 Statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention,
which give5 me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirement5'.
to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44111 lal of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation
9 of the 2006 AccoLtnts Regulations have not been met, or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Jennifer Daniel FCCA DChA
Slade & Cooper Limited, Chartered Certified Accountants
Beehive Mill, Jersey Street,
Manchester, M4 6JG
Date.. 0310712026

Northern Friends Peace Board
Receipts and Payments Account
for the year ended 31 December 2025
Unrestrlcted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total funds
2025
Total funds
2024
Nots
Receipts
Donations
Legacies
Grants
Gross recelpts from other
charitable actlvitles
Income from investments other
than land and buildings
42,424
42,424
37.811
4,327
5,500
2,500
2,500
1,756
1,756
70
3,273
3,273
4, 750
Sub-total
47,453
2,500
49,953
52,458
Total recelpts
47,453
2,500
49.953
52,458
Payments
Payments relating directly to
charitable activities
Govern8nce costs..
Independent exarminatlon
Preparation of annual accoLJnts
Payroll
59,259
59,259
55,821
360
960
205
360
960
205
350
898
176
Total payments
60,784
60,784
57.245
Net receipts/(payment$) before
transfers
(13,331)
2,500
(10,831)
(4.787)
Transfer between funds
Net recelpts/payment$
(13,331)
2,500
(10,831)
(4,787)
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Northem Friend5 Peace Board
Statement of balances
as at 31 December 2025
Unrestrlcted
fund5
Restricted
funds
Total funds
2025
Total funds
2024
Note
Cash fund$
Bank and cash balances at start of
year
Surplus / Ideficitl shown on
receipts and payments account
77,915
77,915
82,702
(13,331)
2,500
(10,831)
(4, 787)
Bank and cash balan¢es at end
of year
64,584
2,500
67,084
77,915
Market
valuation
2025
Investments
Fund
2024
Investment portfolio
Unrestricted
39.328
38,223
other assets
Fund
2025
2024
Stock of goods for resale
Computer and office equipment
Unrestricted
Unrestrlcted
1,364
1,546
1,338
1,881
Total other assets
2,910
3,219
ADDroved by the trustees oni51 &12026 and siqned on their behalf bv..
Deryck Hlllas {Treasurer)

Northern Friends Peace Board
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
Basis of accounting
These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts & Payments basis IA accordance with the
Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland)
Regulations 2006 las amended).
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of
charity.
Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for
particular area5 of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.
Receipts from charitable activities
Unrestrirted
Restricted
2025
2024
Workshop fees and sales
Other income
1,756
1,756
67
1,756
1,756
70
All income from charitable attivities is unrestrirted.
Xnvestment receipts
Unrestricted
Restricted
2025
2024
8ank interest
Dividend5
1,291
1,982
1,291
1,982
1,863
2,887
3,273
3,273
4, 750
All investment income is unrestricted.
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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
Payments relating directly to charitable artivities
Ur>restricted
Restricted
2025
2024
Staff costs
Premises
Publicity
Offfice costs
Travel and accommodation
51,485
3,297
138
2,442
1,897
51,485
3,297
138
2,442
1,897
49,058
3,113
69
2,504
1,077
59,259
59,259
55,821
All Expenditure on charitable actlvlties Is unrestrlcted.
Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions
None of the trustees nor any persons connected with them recelved any remuneration during
the year
Six (2024'.seven) trustees received travel and subsistence expenses during the year of £725
(2024.'£600.33)
During the year, Till Geiger, a trustee of the charityi received £nil 12024:£400) as payment for
editing work done for the charity during the year.
No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or
transaction entered into by the charlty, Including guarantee5, during the year.
Analysis of movement in restricted funds
Balance
ati
January
2025
Asat31
December
2025
Receipts
Payments
Transfers
Mollie Croysdale
Charitable Trust
Edith Maud Ellls
1985 Trust
loo
loo
2,500
2,500
loo
2,500
2,600
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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds
t5aiance
ati
January
2025
Asat31
December
2025
Receipts
Payments
Transfers
General fund
77,815
47,453
(60,7841
64,484
4yaiance
ati
January
2024
A5at31
December
2024
Prevlous
reporting period
Recelpts
Payments
Transfers
General fund
82, 702
51,958
(56,845)
77,815
82, 702
51,958
(56,845)
77,815
Name of fund
Description, nature and purposes of the fund
General fund
Bank and cash balances available for general charitable activities.
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