Registered charity 1207878

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Wales and the Marches - Cymdeithas Grefyddol y Cyfeillion (Crynwyr) yng Nghymru A’r Gororau CIO

The latest figures on the register are for the year ending 31 December 2024, 22 months ago. Charities must report within 10 months of their year end, so its report for the following year looks overdue.

What it does

The object of the CIO is the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

3. OBJECT OF THE CIOTHE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GENERAL RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN.TO THAT END, THE CIO?S INCOME AND PROPERTY ARE USED SOLELY TO FURTHER ITS OBJECT BY WORK SUCH AS:1. STRENGTHENING THE LIFE AND WITNESS OF QUAKERS IN THE CONSTITUENT BODIES OF THE CIO;2. SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF QUAKERS AND INTERPRETING AND DEVELOPING THE THOUGHT AND PRACTICE OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS; 3. UNDERTAKING QUAKER SERVICE FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AT HOME AND ABROAD;4. FUNDING QUAKER CONCERNS IN THE CONSTITUENT BODIES OF THE CIO;5. PROVIDING FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND ATTENDERS OF THE CONSTITUENT BODIES INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED AND FOR EDUCATION;6. MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING QUAKER MEETING HOUSES AS PLACES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP AND FROM WHICH TO CARRY OUR WITNESS INTO THE WORLD;7. ADMINISTERING AND MAINTAINING THE ORGANISATION OF THE CONSTITUENT BODIES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUPPORT OF BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING.8. FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN QUAKERS OF ALL AGES, AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND MUTUAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES AND OTHER QUAKER BODIES;9. WORKING WITH OTHER CHURCHES AND ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH GROUPS IN WALES AND THE MARCHES;10. REPRESENTING THE VIEWS OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS TO THE SENEDD AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY, AND OTHER PUBLIC AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WALES AND THE MARCHES AND BEYOND ESPECIALLY THOSE CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL WITNESS, PEACE AND INTERFAITH RELATIONS;11. RESPONDING TO ISSUES WHICH RELATE TO LIVING IN A BILINGUAL SOCIETY, INCLUDING OUTREACH IN WALES AND COMMISSIONING, TRANSLATING AND PUBLISHING QUAKER MATERIAL IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE, IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT; AND12. REPRESENTING WALES TO BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING AND LIAISING WITH ITS COMMITTEES AND DEPARTMENTS WHERE APPROPRIATE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Religious activities
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
The general public
How it works: Makes grants to individuals
Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Provides advocacy, advice or information
Other charitable activities

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

The register has no income or spending figures for this charity.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 December 2025	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
31 December 2024	£31,250	£3,385	Not reported	Not reported

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 11% of its income in the year to 31 December 2024.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2024: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

8 trustees run the charity.

David Ronald HarriesAppointed 12 March 2026
Dr Kay Philippa MarshallAppointed 12 June 2025
Gerald Martin CraddockAppointed 20 September 2025
Helen Mary BriggsAppointed 9 July 2026
Jeff Glyn-JonesAppointed 12 June 2025
Jeremy David Brignell-ThorpAppointed 19 September 2023
Nicholas ClappAppointed 9 November 2024
Patricia Mary BridgewaterAppointed 19 September 2023

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 2 annual returns that were due, 1 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 December 2025	31 October 2026	Not received	No record
31 December 2024	31 October 2025	Received 16 October 2025, 15 days early	Received 16 October 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1207878
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 16 April 2024
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 16 Apr 2024 as amended on 12 Jun 2025
Website: cymar.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Swansea

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 December 2025

Not reported

31 December 2024

£31,250

£3,385

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 December 2025

31 October 2026

Not received

No record

31 December 2024

31 October 2025

Received 16 October 2025, 15 days early

Received 16 October 2025