Devon Area Quaker Meeting

Registered charity 1139955 · since 2011devonquakers.org.uk·Devon·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Area Meeting's stated priority is Devon, and its wider work puts Quaker faith into action on concerns such as poverty, climate change, refugees and mental health.
The grants its annual report records went to Friends, and financial assistance is normally available to members and regular attenders, so an organisation with no Quaker connection is unlikely to fit.
The only grant total stated is £3,600 given to Friends during the year, and no typical grant size or range is given, so any request should be modest and clearly tied to Friends' needs.
No application process is published, so the realistic first step is to contact the Area Meeting through the contact shown in its annual report or on its website and ask how it considers requests.

Overview

Devon Area Quaker Meeting is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1139955).

Devon Area Quaker Meeting is a charity whose object is furthering the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, in the area of Devon Area Meeting and beyond. Funds from its central account support its charitable activities, building improvements and major repairs, and Friends attending conferences and training courses. During the year it gave £3,600 in grants to Friends, by way of hardship grants and for other reasons.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 25 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Area Meeting uses funds to support its charitable activities, building improvements and major repairs, and Friends attending conferences and training courses. Its wider work translates Quaker faith into action through Quaker organisations and collaborations around concerns including poverty, sustainability, climate change, refugees, mental health, and ministry in prisons and other institutions. Financial assistance and other benefits are normally available to members and regular attenders, while meetings for worship are open to the public. The report also records hardship grants and grants to Friends for other reasons.

Themes

Building improvements
Friends' training
Hardship grants

Geographic Focus

Priority: Devon.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Devon

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Devon Area Quaker Meeting.

Luton and Leighton Area MeetingNo public processGave £92,420 Norfolk & Waveney Area Quaker MeetingNo public processGave £59,166 Lancashire Central & North Area MeetingNo public processGave £25,979 Sussex West Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in BritainNo public processGave £16,257 Pickering & Hull Area Quaker MeetingNo public processGave £14,425 Leeds Area Quaker MeetingRollingGave £10,979 Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in BritainRollingGave £22,815 The Roger & Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable TrustNo public process The Posbury St Francis TrustFixed deadlinesGave £45,000 South England ConferenceInvitation onlyGave £8.6M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£171,049	£210,658	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£148,018	£155,875	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£225,982	£327,632	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£234,631	£296,823	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£253,888	£252,710	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.