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1 Yearly Yearly Meeting Meeting of of the the Religious Religious Society Society of of Friends Friends (Quakers) (Quakers) in in Britain Britain Tabular statement Compiled for Yearly Meeting Gathering, University of Warwick, Coventry, 29 July to 5 August 2017 Compiled for Yearly Meeting Gathering, University of Warwick, Coventry, 29 July to 5 August 2017

2 Membership patterns in Britain Yearly Meeting The tabular statement of membership has been published annually since It informs the yearly meeting of the number of Friends in membership, and is based on information provided by area meetings in response to an annual request sent out by the Recording Clerk (see Quaker faith & practice 4.10h). Information collected includes data at local meeting level. While the detail at local meeting level has not been published here, the information is available online at www. quaker.org.uk/ym. The membership of BYM The membership of BYM at the end of 2016 was 13,172 (13,376 in 2015), a decrease of 204. During the year 255 came into membership, including four children. The membership of 165 adults was terminated and 278 deaths were recorded by area meetings. Attenders The number of recorded attenders was 7,925 (7,983 in 2015) and there were 1,544 children not in membership (1,683 in 2015). Marriages There were 41 marriages in 2016 (41 in 2015). In nine of these both partners were members of BYM; in 19, one partner was a member of BYM; and in 13, neither partner was in membership. These figures include both same-sex and oppositesex marriages (9 same-sex, 32 other). The statistical tables Table 1 provides a summary of incomings and outgoings for Britain Yearly Meeting as a whole. Membership fell by 1.5% over the year. Applications for membership were down 16%. Terminations increased by 11%. Table 2 shows changes in members and attenders since Table 3 provides a regional summary of the number of members and attenders as well as an indication of the proportion who are children, attenders and women. The gender category of other (introduced in 2015) has so far only been used by a few area meetings. Members and attenders may not be aware of the opportunity to be recorded this way. This is something meetings may wish to publicise. Table 4 summarises trends in membership over the last ten years. Convincements over ten years represent 22% of total membership. This is nearly double the terminations over the same period (13%) but deaths over the decade were 19% of membership, resulting in a decline in membership of about 13%. Area meetings Table 5 provides information on members, attenders and children for each area meeting (AM), as well as information on those joining and leaving over the last ten years. Table 6 looks at some of the trends at area meeting level. Over ten years the membership of nine AMs grew by more than 10% and in 14 AMs the total number of adults (members and attenders) grew by more than 10%. Over the period, nearly a third of AMs experienced a fall in membership of more than 20%. Local meetings There were 474 local meetings (LMs) at the end of Two meetings closed: Conel LM and Kinlochbervie & Stoer LM (both of North Scotland AM). Chorley LM transferred from Lancashire Central & North AM to Pendle Hill AM. Figure 1 shows the membership flows in and out of Britain Yearly Meeting. The number of convincements each year has fallen a little over the last 20 years, though it remains about 2% of membership. This has been more or less matched by the number of deaths. The number of terminations hovers around 200 per year (approximately 1.5% of membership). 2 Patterns of membership

3 Figure 1. Flows in and out of Britain Yearly Meeting Convincements Convincements (trend line) Deaths Deaths (trend line) Terminations Terminations (trend line) All figures are for Dec 31 of the given year. Table 1. Quakers coming into membership and ceasing to be members of Britain Yearly Meeting in 2016 By application Adults Children Subtotal Incomings Outgoings By termination of membership initiative of member initiative of area meeting termination of children's membership Subtotal By death By certificate from Britain Yearly Meeting from another yearly meeting Subtotal Total notified incomings to AMs By certificate to Britain Yearly Meeting to another yearly meeting Subtotal Total notified outgoings from AMs Members living abroad Total number of members at start of year 13,526 13,376 Sojourning members Recorded increase / decrease in membership Balance of notified discrepancies -25 Number of Area Meetings Number of members at end of year 13,376 13,172 Number of Local Meetings as a percentage of membership gain / loss -1.11% -1.53% * incomings and outgoings ignore young people turning 16 years old, as they remain in membership Patterns of membership 3

4 About the tabular statement Since 2013, changes have been made to the tabular statement to help make the data more informative and to highlight important patterns and trends. All data is collected from area meetings but at local meeting level. Historical data from the last 20 years is being converted to provide more information on trends. Following requests from individuals and area meetings, Meeting for Sufferings asked the Recording Clerk to consider how best to provide information on gender. An additional category of other has been included (see Terminology ). Additional information, including local meeting statistics, is available for download online. Terminology Attender: one who, not being a member, frequently attends a specific meeting for worship. Qf&p refers to a adult attenders; children not in membership are identified separately. Child: someone under 16 years old. Member: unless stated differently, figures include children in membership. Other: adults who have indicated a gender identity other than man or woman. This might include people who have stated they are agender, neutrois or who have a(nother) non-binary gender identity. Sojourning member: a member of another yearly meeting, recognised as sojourning their membership within an area meeting in Britain (Qf&p 11.27). Identified separately, they are not included in the membership figures. Corrections to figures Each year area meetings are given an opportunity to correct the figures provided for the previous tabular statement. In the past these revisions were included in the figures for the following year. As this distorts trends, the method adopted since the tabular statement for 2014 is to modify membership figures each year to take into account corrections provided the following year. Boundary changes At the start of 2015, North Cumbria AM and West Cumbria AM combined to form Cumberland AM. Where two area meetings combine to form a single one, figures provided for all years combine the data for the constituent meetings. This also applies to Devon AM (formed 2008) and Teesdale & Cleveland AM (formed 2009). Where area meetings have separated into more than one, information on members, attenders and children is based on the actual numbers for each of the constituent local meetings. Up to 2014, figures for flows (convincements, terminations, transfers and deaths) were only collected at area meeting level. Estimates are based on the proportion of the membership forming each new area meeting in the year they were formed. This applies to: North Somerset AM (formed 2011); West Wiltshire and East Somerset AM (formed 2011); Mid-Wales/ Canolbarth Cymru AM (formed 2009); Southern Marches/ y Gororau Deheuol AM (formed 2009). Where a single local meeting moved from one area to another, it has not been possible to adjust the figures. Data for that meeting is included with the area meeting of which it is part in any year. This affects Oundle LM, which transferred from Northamptonshire AM to Cambridgeshire AM in 2010; and Chorley LM which transferred from Lancashire Central & North AM to Pendle Hill AM in This document is free For additional copies and other formats please contact: Graham Spackman Communication & Services Friends House 173 Euston Road London NW1 2BJ grahams@quaker.org.uk This document and supplementary tables not included here are also available for download from 4 Patterns of membership

5 Table 2. BYM membership statistics, 1935 to 2016 Members Attenders Members plus attenders Annual changes Date Adult Members Child members Total members Adult Attenders Children not in membership Total attenders ,251 2,050 19, ,821 2,006 19, ,851 2,683 20, ,486 3,309 20, ,439 3,904 21, ,655 3,567 21, ,208 2,854 21, ,899 9,147 23,456 6,753 30, ,832 1,920 20, ,345 10,141 24,628 6,265 30, , ,855 1,770 20, ,297 10,016 24,574 6,067 30, ,888 1,618 20, ,500 9,854 24,242 6,118 30, ,912 1,474 20, ,649 10,345 24,608 6,123 30, ,918 1,324 20, ,555 10,252 24,615 5,879 30, ,865 1,133 19, ,685 10,515 24,695 5,818 30, ,687 1,002 19, ,592 10,289 24,384 5,594 29, , , ,576 10,579 24,601 5,471 30, , , ,484 10,469 24,306 5,266 29, , , ,526 10,630 24,168 5,246 29, , , ,278 10,158 23,771 4,936 28, , , ,611 10,854 24,033 5,212 29, , , ,836 11,393 24,298 5,398 29, , , ,655 11,443 24,419 5,155 29, , , ,956 12,314 24,932 5,427 30, , , ,006 12,738 25,337 5,477 30, , , ,188 13,124 25,572 5,623 31, , , ,203 13,377 25,866 5,598 31, , , ,089 13,618 26,169 5,459 31, , , ,183 13,874 26,400 5,544 31, , , ,114 13,872 26,523 5,433 31, , , ,340 14,337 26,757 5,652 32, , , ,886 13,881 26,646 5,169 31, , , ,857 14,064 26,756 5,110 31, , , ,898 13,856 26,309 5,126 31, , , ,629 13,530 26,197 4,851 31, , , ,458 13,512 26,173 4,669 30, , , ,304 13,433 26,127 4,495 30, , , ,108 13,309 25,987 4,300 30, , , ,046 13,084 25,570 4,225 29, , , ,770 12,828 25,370 3,944 29, , , ,635 12,354 24,751 3,804 28, , , ,453 11,865 24,208 3,602 27, , , ,382 11,947 24,180 3,524 27, , , ,017 11,485 23,883 3,050 26, , , ,764 10,891 23,404 2,865 26, , , ,475 10,639 23,212 2,557 25, , , ,228 10,361 22,980 2,291 25, , , ,190 10,207 22,569 2,245 24, , , ,237 10,567 22,701 2,296 24, , , ,196 10,756 22,780 2,251 25, , , ,107 10,818 22,759 2,156 24, , , ,004 10,685 22,554 2,047 24, , , ,984 10,479 22,151 2,031 24, , , ,947 10,356 21,871 1,990 23, , , ,683 9,666 21,318 1,724 23, , , ,544 9,469 21,055 1,586 22, Adults Children Total Members* Adult members and attenders Children Total * Membership change figures for 1940 to 1960 are annual averages for each 5 year period Membership figures from 2000 are adjusted to include subsequent corrections provided by area meetings. Patterns of membership 5

6 Table 3. Quakers in regions and general meetings of Britain, 2016: summary Percent of adults who are women Percent of adults who are attenders Percent of total who are children Number of members Number of attenders Members plus attenders Total adults Children Other Women Men Total Total adults Children Other Women Men Total Total adults Children Other Women Men Total Number of LMs Number of AMs Regions Bedfordshire , ,142 7% 35% 60% Berks & Oxon , ,214 7% 42% 63% Bristol & Wessex , , , , ,722 7% 34% 65% Cumberland % 36% 64% Derbys, Lincs & Notts % 34% 59% Devon & Cornwall , ,045 6% 38% 62% Essex & Suffolk % 31% 63% Hants, SE Dorset & Islands % 36% 64% Kent % 37% 65% London , ,308 1, , , ,096 11% 38% 61% N Wales & NW England , ,305 8% 40% 61% NE England % 33% 60% Norfolk, Cambs & Hunts % 35% 62% Scotland , ,368 8% 50% 60% Sussex & Surrey , ,198 8% 39% 64% Warwick, Leics & Staffs , ,404 7% 41% 61% Western , ,539 2% 36% 61% Westmorland % 32% 62% Yorkshire , , , , ,282 7% 36% 63% Total ,172 4,826 8, ,130 9,469 3,155 4, ,544 7,925 22,641 7,981 13, ,586 21,055 7% 38% 62% 6 Patterns of membership

7 Table 4. Membership changes in regions and general meetings of Britain, 2016: recent trends Members Members & Attenders Change in membership % adults who are members Convincements Deaths Terminations Net geographic moves as % of members, end as % of members, end as % of members, end Regions Bedfordshire ,142 1,201 1, % 85% % % % Berks & Oxon ,217 1, % 86% % % % Bristol & Wessex 1,136 1,162 1,263 1,730 1,796 1, % 85% % % % Cumberland % 89% % % % Derbys, Lincs & Notts % 84% % % % Devon & Cornwall ,049 1, % 85% % % % Essex & Suffolk % 91% % % % Hants, SE Dorset & Islands % 93% % % % Kent % 88% % % % London 1,312 1,350 1,567 2,100 2,143 1, % 85% % % % N Wales & NW England ,306 1,303 1, % 81% % % % NE England % 89% % % % Norfolk, Cambs & Hunts % 90% % % % Scotland ,368 1, % 79% % % % Sussex & Surrey ,201 1, % 90% % % % Warwick, Leics & Staffs ,015 1,404 1,395 1, % 86% % % % Western 992 1,013 1,073 1,539 1,651 1, % 86% % % % Westmorland % 86% % % % Yorkshire 1,453 1,469 1,637 2,285 2,228 1, % 86% % % % Total 13,172 13,376 15,130 21,097 21,359 17, ,958 62% 86% 255 2,949 22% 278 2,860 19% 165 1, % Patterns of membership 7

8 Table 5a. Changes in membership, 2006 to 2016 Members joining and leaving over 10 years to Dec 2016* AM reference # PMs and RMs 2006 LMs 2016 Total Members at end 2006 Total members AMs by region 1 Chilterns Hertford & Hitchin Luton & Leighton Northamptonshire BEDFORDSHIRE , Total attenders Children not in membership Total members & attenders Convincements Transfers in Transfers out Terminations Deaths 5 Banbury & Evesham Mid-Thames Oxford & Swindon BERKS & OXON , Bristol Dorset & South Wiltshire Mid-Somerset North Somerset West Somerset West Wiltshire & East Somerset BRISTOL & WESSEX ,263 1, , Cumberland CUMBERLAND Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire DERBYS, LINCS & NOTTS Cornwall Devon DEVON & CORNWALL , Ipswich & Diss Mid Essex Southern East Anglia Thaxted ESSEX & SUFFOLK Bournemouth Coastal Hampshire & Islands HANTS, SE DORSET & ISLANDS East Kent West Kent KENT Kingston & Wandsworth London West North East Thames North London North West London South East London South London LONDON ,569 1, , East Cheshire Hardshaw & Mann Manchester & Warrington North Wales/Gogledd Cymru Pendle Hill Wirral & Chester N WALES & NW ENGLAND , Northumbria Teesdale & Cleveland Wensleydale & Swaledale NE ENGLAND Patterns of membership

9 Table 5b. Changes in membership, 2006 to 2016 Members joining and leaving over 10 years to Dec 2016* AM reference # AMs by region PMs and RMs 2006 LMs 2016 Total Members at end 2006 Total members 43 Cambridgeshire Norfolk & Waveney NORFOLK, CAMBS & HUNTS Total attenders Children not in membership Total members & attenders Convincements Transfers in Transfers out Terminations Deaths 45 East Scotland North Scotland South East Scotland West Scotland SCOTLAND , Surrey & Hampshire Border Sussex East Sussex West West Weald SUSSEX & SURREY , Central England Leicester Staffordshire WARWICK, LEICS & STAFFS , , Gloucestershire Mid-Wales/Canolbarth Cymru South Wales/De Cymru Southern Marches/y Gororau Deheuol Worcestershire & Shropshire WESTERN , , Kendal & Sedbergh Lancashire Central & North Swarthmoor (SW Cumbria) WESTMORLAND Brighouse West Yorkshire Central Yorkshire Craven & Keighley Leeds Pickering & Hull Sheffield & Balby York YORKSHIRE ,646 1, , TOTAL BYM ,348 5,691 3, ,289 1, ,153 NB. Figures for North Somerset, West Wiltshire & East Somerset, Mid-Wales/Canolbarth Cymru and Southern Marches/y Gororau Deheuol AMs have been adjusted to reflect boundary changes that occurred between 2009 and Cumulative figures for convincements, transfers, terminations and deaths for these meetings are estimated to reflect the proportion of the membership forming each new area meeting in the year they were formed. Patterns of membership 9

10 Table 6. Area meetings by region, 2006 to 2016 Members Attenders Members & Attenders Members joining and leaving over 10 years to Dec 2016* AM reference # Number of LMs Members (Dec 2016) Average annual change over 10 years to Dec 2016 Attenders (Dec 2016) AMs by number of members 53 Central England % % 4% 830 0% 17% 12% 16% 11% 26% 18 Devon % % 1% 713 4% 17% 16% 9% 8% 21% 70 York % % 7% 626 1% 14% 11% 6% 11% 19% 7 Oxford & Swindon % % -1% 568-1% 15% 16% 12% 18% 13% 24 Hampshire & Islands % % 2% 483-1% 23% 16% 20% 21% 22% 3 Luton & Leighton % % -1% 455-1% 27% 11% 16% 16% 22% 44 Norfolk & Waveney % % -1% 490-1% 28% 12% 9% 19% 18% 16 Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire % % -3% 451-2% 15% 13% 8% 7% 15% 43 Cambridgeshire % % -3% 403-1% 32% 11% 13% 11% 20% 56 Gloucestershire % % -1% 490-1% 17% 17% 10% 7% 22% 28 London West % % 5% 523 0% 29% 13% 19% 32% 16% 8 Bristol % % -5% 408-2% 22% 16% 13% 8% 16% 51 Sussex West % % 1% 437 3% 24% 17% 15% 12% 23% 47 South East Scotland % % 5% 569 2% 15% 14% 17% 10% 11% 40 Northumbria % % -2% 348-3% 25% 8% 12% 39% 17% 10 Mid-Somerset % 67 22% 0% 300-2% 13% 7% 7% 17% 20% 6 Mid-Thames % % 1% 420-1% 20% 9% 17% 22% 20% 62 Lancashire Central & North % % 0% 331 0% 24% 13% 14% 8% 15% 17 Cornwall % % -1% 336 1% 29% 17% 6% 4% 15% 67 Leeds % % 2% 367 1% 23% 18% 14% 7% 17% 58 South Wales / De Cymru % % -2% 408-2% 20% 14% 15% 9% 24% 50 Sussex East % % 5% 342 0% 28% 15% 11% 12% 24% 48 West Scotland % % 2% 413 1% 25% 14% 12% 8% 17% 69 Sheffield & Balby % % 6% 327 1% 19% 10% 10% 4% 18% 54 Leicester % % 5% 369 1% 22% 9% 5% 8% 20% 59 Southern Marches / y Gororau Deheuo % 0 0% -10% 206-4% 17% 17% 13% 7% 15% 9 Dorset & South Wiltshire % % 0% 347 0% 19% 25% 7% 7% 33% 1 Chilterns % % -4% 310-2% 28% 14% 14% 13% 27% 27 Kingston & Wandsworth % 95 32% -3% 293 0% 42% 13% 17% 7% 12% 31 North West London % % 0% 350-2% 30% 9% 28% 28% 13% 60 Worcestershire & Shropshire % 89 31% 2% 286-1% 26% 12% 11% 11% 32% 29 North East Thames % 57 23% -3% 247-3% 25% 9% 25% 19% 23% 68 Pickering & Hull % % -1% 301-3% 12% 12% 12% 26% 38% 13 West Wiltshire & East Somerset % % 0% 294-1% 10% 11% 8% 8% 10% 23 Bournemouth Coastal % 84 32% 0% 264 0% 39% 17% 5% 11% 33% 36 Manchester & Warrington % % 3% 322 1% 20% 8% 12% 12% 16% 34 East Cheshire % 95 35% -1% 269-1% 18% 11% 9% 7% 16% 33 South London % 62 26% -3% 235-3% 24% 10% 12% 25% 25% 32 South East London % % -1% 266-1% 31% 10% 18% 11% 19% 64 Brighouse West Yorkshire % % 0% 272 1% 33% 13% 11% 11% 11% 19 Ipswich & Diss % 78 33% 1% 239 0% 30% 15% 14% 19% 24% 37 North Wales / Gogledd Cymru % 77 33% -4% 235-3% 23% 13% 8% 17% 30% 14 Cumberland % 87 36% -1% 244 5% 18% 13% 11% 16% 32% 2 Hertford & Hitchin % % 5% 254-2% 20% 9% 18% 21% 28% 52 West Weald % % -4% 251-4% 25% 7% 15% 20% 17% 15 Lincolnshire % 58 29% 0% 202-1% 17% 5% 12% 15% 18% 12 West Somerset % 72 34% 1% 212 0% 19% 15% 11% 7% 21% 21 Southern East Anglia % 61 31% 2% 198-2% 18% 4% 7% 20% 20% 65 Central Yorkshire % 52 28% -3% 185-2% 25% 14% 11% 17% 17% 46 North Scotland % % -1% 243 0% 23% 21% 15% 12% 12% % adults who are attenders (Dec 2016) Average annual change over 10 years to Dec 2016 Members & Attenders Dec 2016 Average annual change over 10 years to Dec 2016 Convincements Transfers in Transfers out Terminations Deaths 10 Patterns of membership

11 Table 6b. Area meetings by region, 2006 to 2016 Members Attenders Members & Attenders Members joining and leaving over 10 years to Dec 2016* AM reference # Number of LMs Members (Dec 2016) Average annual change over 10 years to Dec 2016 Attenders (Dec 2016) AMs by number of members 41 Teesdale & Cleveland % 53 29% -3% 182-3% 14% 10% 12% 34% 26% 61 Kendal & Sedbergh % 54 30% -2% 181-1% 15% 17% 11% 8% 15% 25 East Kent % 78 39% 3% 202 0% 20% 14% 10% 15% 23% 66 Craven & Keighley % 87 42% 1% 207-1% 30% 14% 11% 28% 22% 55 Staffordshire % 87 42% -1% 205-1% 17% 13% 14% 14% 8% 5 Banbury & Evesham % % 3% 229 0% 19% 19% 15% 14% 36% 11 North Somerset % 57 34% -1% 169-2% 38% 19% 22% 32% 58% 49 Surrey & Hampshire Border % 63 37% 3% 171-1% 28% 12% 19% 31% 17% 39 Wirral & Chester % 64 38% -4% 169-3% 31% 8% 19% 9% 24% 26 West Kent % 57 35% -4% 161-3% 22% 13% 19% 15% 23% 30 North London % 83 45% 3% 186 1% 32% 28% 23% 18% 26% 4 Northamptonshire % 28 23% -5% 123-1% 27% 31% 5% 17% 16% 35 Hardshaw & Mann % 66 42% -2% 158-2% 25% 11% 16% 14% 23% 45 East Scotland % 54 38% 1% 143-1% 26% 28% 19% 29% 21% 57 Mid-Wales / Canolbarth Cymru % 68 46% 2% 149 1% 27% 30% 17% 11% 25% 20 Mid-Essex % 37 32% -3% 115-2% 15% 6% 14% 6% 23% 38 Pendle Hill % 75 49% 3% 153-2% 26% 10% 6% 51% 31% 22 Thaxted % 25 25% -2% 102-3% 25% 9% 16% 35% 45% 63 Swarthmoor (SW Cumbria) % 30 34% -5% 87-3% 14% 33% 0% 7% 47% 42 Wensleydale & Swaledale % 42 58% 0% 73-1% 23% 6% 19% 3% 29% % adults who are attenders (Dec 2016) Average annual change over 10 years to Dec 2016 Members & Attenders Dec 2016 Average annual change over 10 years to Dec 2016 Convincements Transfers in Transfers out Terminations Deaths BYM Total 96 1,944-2% 1,221 22% -1% 3,165-2% 24% 16% 15% 20% 26% 1 Indicates increase in numbers -1 Indicates decrease by 4% or more * Figures for members joining and leaving may include individuals more than once, e.g. if they come into membership and move during the 10 year period, or if they move in and out of an area during the same period. AM reference # match numbers used on map on back cover. Patterns of membership 11

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