Registered charity · London

The Friend Publications Limited

8 trustees
Income £444k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Religious Activities
Where: Throughout England And Wales
Website: www.thefriend.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: The Friend Publications Limited
Registered: 1962

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£444k£414k
2024£359k£422k
2023£398k£440k

Earlier years

2022£413k£392k
2021£372k£390k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

Advancing the religious teaching of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers): (1) through the production and publishing of independent Quaker publications in formats both printed and digital, that cover the life, work and witness of Quakers, and benefits the said Society although not official publications of the said Society, and (2) by providing accessible and affordable publications and information to the Quaker community including those on low incomes.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

2.2y median 1.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Alastair Hugh Reid since 2020

16.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 10Education 4Business services 3

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£444k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 211649
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED THE 20TH MAY 1958 as amended on 04 Mar 2019 as amended on 03 Jan 2020 as amended on 27 Sep 2019 as amended on 03 Feb 2023
Companies House: Company number 00604838 · Active
Contact on the register: 02076631010 · editorial@thefriend.org
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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