01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC019165
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- EH1 2JL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Governance & Operations South East Scotland Area Meeting (SESAM) advances Quaker religious and charitable goals across 9 local meetings. In 2025, SESAM had 250 members and ~250 regular attenders, running meetings for worship and church affairs. Decisions, governance, and trustee oversight follow standard Quaker practice (Quaker faith & practice). Activities & Witness SESAM supported local community life, peace initiatives, climate action (including energy efficiency reviews), and refugee rights (e.g., Falkirk counter-demonstrations). Research was initiated into ancestral ties to transatlantic enslavement.
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
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £281,189 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £304,082 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 1 September 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £574,468 | £433,710 | £21,837 | £107,810 | £11,111 | £0 | £318,882 | £111,736 | £207,146 | £0 | 7 | 14 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £261,868 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £286,440 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 22 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £208,351 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £244,270 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 11 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £140,190 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £232,031 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 27 July 2022 |
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
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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