Charities Of Susanna Cole And Others
Charity 204531
Overview
Summary
Charities Of Susanna Cole And Others appears to be a small, relationship-mediated Quaker welfare trust rather than a broadly accessible grant-maker. Its role is to provide practical, individual support to Friends in need within the Central England Area Quaker Meeting network, while retaining a historic connection to Dudley Meeting House and to Worcestershire-based Quaker poverty relief. The organisation seems to operate as part of a local faith-community support system, combining charitable grants with local knowledge and referral.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence shows that the trust makes grants to Friends in need who are members or attenders of Central England Area Quaker Meeting, following an approach from the person's local meeting. This indicates a beneficiary network extending beyond Birmingham, but no current grant locations or beneficiary-level geography is published.
- The trust's registered address is the Central England Quakers Office in Birmingham. This is corroborated as the Area Meeting Office, but the available evidence does not establish that the trust itself delivers grants, employs staff, or operates services from that site.
- The historic charitable objects refer to Dudley Meeting House and people connected with the former county of Worcester. It is unclear how, or how frequently, those objects shape current grants alongside the stated Central England Area Quaker Meeting eligibility.
- No evidence was found of a current operational site, grant programme, or materially operational partnership located in any supplied Birmingham ward or recognised place.
Additional evidence needed
- The trust's latest annual report, trustees' report, or grants register identifying the places or local meetings from which grant requests were received.
- Confirmation from the trustees or Central England Quakers of whether the Central England Quakers Office is only a correspondence address or is used for the trust's administration and decision-making.
- Current information on grants to Dudley Meeting House and on the practical application of the Worcestershire-related charitable object.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Disability
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Support is mediated through Quaker community relationships
The trust appears to rely on local Quaker meetings to identify need and initiate support, rather than accepting support requests through an open public-facing process.
Why it matters
This suggests its effectiveness may depend on trusted local relationships and pastoral awareness. It also means people outside, or less connected to, local Quaker networks may be less likely to benefit.
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“The trust acts following an approach from the needy Friend's local meeting.”
Source:Organisation“The trust exists to support and help Friends in need who are members or attenders of Central England Area Quaker Meeting.”
Source:Organisation
A historic endowment has evolved into targeted mutual aid
The charity's objects suggest an older geographic and institutional purpose, while its current activity indicates a more defined role supporting individual Quakers across a named area meeting.
Why it matters
This may show how a legacy charitable asset has been adapted to sustain a living community-support function. It would be useful to understand whether the historic Worcestershire preference still shapes decisions.
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“Grants to Dudley Meeting House.”
Source:Charity Commission“General benefit of the poor, preference being given to the poor of the Society of Friends residing or having previously resided in the County of Worcester.”
Source:Charity Commission“The trust exists to support and help Friends in need who are members or attenders of Central England Area Quaker Meeting.”
Source:Organisation
The trust may function as a flexible safety net across life stages
Its combination of individual grants and purposes spanning poverty, housing, health, disability, education and religious activity suggests it may address varied practical pressures rather than a single issue.
Why it matters
This breadth could make the trust a useful complement to specialist services, especially where a person's needs cross conventional service boundaries.
Show evidence
“Makes grants to individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission“Education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing, religious activities.”
Source:Charity Commission“Children/young people, elderly/old people, people with disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether support is limited to Quaker members and attenders, or may also reach others in their households or communities.
- How the Worcestershire preference and Dudley Meeting House grant operate in current practice.
- The scale, frequency and typical purpose of individual grants.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing grant numbers, values, purposes and geographic distribution.
- Grant criteria and decision-making guidance used by local meetings and trustees.
- Evidence of current support provided to Dudley Meeting House and its relationship to individual grants.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The trust exists to support and help Friends in need who are members or attenders of Central England Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Formerly and is also known as Warwickshire Monthly Meeting. The trust acts following an approach from the needy Friend's local meeting.
Charity objects
GRANTS TO DUDLEY MEETING HOUSE. GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE POOR, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO THE POOR OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS RESIDING OR HAVING PREVIOUSLY RESIDED IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER.