OSCR Scottish charity profile

Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers) In Britain: South East Scotland Area Meeting

Known as Religious Society of Friends Quakers South East Scotland Area Meeting

ActiveCharity number SC019165
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC019165
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
8
Postcode
EH1 2JL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Organise Quakerism in South East Scotland

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of South East Scotland Area Meeting are the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain in the area of South East Scotland Area Meeting and beyond, as laid down in the Book of Christian Discipline.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£574,468£318,882814 June 2025
31 December 2023£261,868£286,440822 August 2024
31 December 2022£208,351£244,270811 August 2023
31 December 2021£140,190£232,031827 July 2022
31 December 2020£196,802£227,914810 September 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.quakerscotland.org/south-east
Parent charity
Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers) In Britain · 1127633

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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