Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees

The role and responsibilities of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) Trustees are describe in more detail Quaker faith & practice Chapter 8 (offsite link).

The 70 area meetings also appoint trustees at local level. There is a separate page for area meeting trustees.

Trustees' annual review, annual report and financial statements

• Annual report, including financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023 (PDF) (signatures redacted for fraud prevention)
• Annual review 'Our faith, our work' 2023 (see below)

Minutes and papers

Non-confidential minutes of Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees' meetings are available from the Recording Clerk's Office. Please contact Neil Jarvis on 020 7663 1192 or neilj@quaker.org.uk.

Documents

At their June 2021 meeting, the trustees of Britain Yearly Meeting continued their work on responding to racism. They agreed a statement, Responding to racism (PDF) on becoming an anti-racist employer and embedding anti-racism in all work programmes.

• BYM investment policy 2021 (Word)
• BYM trustees' terms of reference 2021 (PDF)
• BYM list of investments as of 31 December 2023 (PDF)BYM list of grants 2019 (PDF)
• BYM governing document August 2021 (PDF)
• Find it, fix it, prevent it' investor statement (PDF)

Current trustees

• Marisa Johnson (Clerk) (Cambridgeshire Area Meeting)
• Danielle Walker Palmour (Assistant Clerk) (York Area Meeting)
• Paul Whitehouse (ex officio Treasurer) (Bristol Area Meeting)
• Georgina Bailey (London West Area Meeting)
• Catherine Brown (Hampshire & Islands Area Meeting)
• Kit Fotheringham (Oxford & Swindon Area Meeting)
• Ursula Fuller (East Kent Area Meeting)
• Ellie Harding (Central England Area Meeting)
• Carolyn Hayman (North West London Area Meeting)
• Jo Hills (West Weald Area Meeting)
• Kit King (Mid Essex Area Meeting)
• Silas Price (Norfolk & Waveney Area Meeting)
• Elizabeth Redfern (Leicester Area Meeting)