London Quakers Property Trust

Our vision for London Quakers Property Trust (LQPT) is of working supportively with the London Quaker Community to create a network of welcoming, well-maintained sustainable and appropriate community buildings which lift the spirits, and which provide centres for Quaker worship, thought and action.

Some will be beautiful and exciting buildings; the historic Meeting Houses will open windows to the past, some will be simple and ordinary; some will be rented rooms, but all will be friendly and welcoming.

We will achieve this by working constructively and joyfully together with members, attenders, and Local and Area Meetings, releasing creativity and reducing the burden of maintenance, and our impact on the environment. Our buildings and structures will, we hope, empower Quakers across London rather than weigh them down.  Our buildings will help to increase spiritual reach across all of London’s communities. In William Penn’s words, we seek “spiritual utility” so that we embody a glorious future for Quakers now and for generations to come.

London Quakers Property Trust (previously Six Weeks Meeting (SWM)) was established by George Fox in the seventeenth century, as the means by which Quakers in London jointly hold and manage their meeting houses on a basis of mutual help and responsibility through a system of pooled funds and assets. Six Weeks Meeting became London Quakers Property Trust in 2013 and is a registered charity (no. 1141797) and a company (no. 6942084), both registered in England and Wales. LQPT continues to hold the responsibility to maintain, repair, preserve and ensure the places of worship and their contents within its area, while also providing funding for improving, extending, and building new Meeting Houses.

LQPT trustees are appointed by the seven Area Meetings covering the London area: London West, North West London, North London, North East Thames, South East London, and Kingston & Wandsworth. These trustees are individually and collectively responsible under charity law for the proper management of the Trust and the safeguarding of its assets. The trustees of LQPT hold all their meetings in the manner of Friends and follow guidance for the holding of business meetings as set out in Quaker Faith and Practice (fifth edition). 

Since 2019, Quakers across London have been embarking on an ambitious programme to simplify Quaker structures across London. LQPT is part of this development. 

Our vision is of working supportively with the London Quaker community to create a network of welcoming, well maintained sustainable and appropriate community buildings that lift the spirits. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association can be found here. 

London Quaker Property Trust - Charity Commission Webpage 

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