Ulster Friends Trustees, Limited

Ulster Friends Trustees, Limited, established in 1937 and based in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is a longstanding charitable trust rooted in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Its core mission is to provide welfare, comfort, and care for elderly Quaker members in Northern Ireland, while serving as the legal trustee managing property and financial assets for Quaker Meetings. Guided by Quaker values of compassion, stewardship, dignity, equality, and mutual responsibility, the trust ensures the continuity and security of Quaker community infrastructure, focusing on practical support for those in need within its faith tradition.

It funds targeted welfare initiatives for elderly Quakers, including personal hardship relief, improvements to living conditions, and direct assistance for comfort and care needs. Support also extends to capital maintenance of Meeting Houses and other Quaker properties essential to community life, delivered through custodial grants rather than competitive programs.

Eligibility is strictly limited to elderly members of the Religious Society of Friends in Northern Ireland, identified via internal Quaker Meeting processes; it does not fund external charities, organizations outside the Quaker tradition, or non-residents. Unsolicited applications are not accepted, with decisions made discretionarily on an ad hoc basis by trustees, without public forms, deadlines, or specified grant ranges.

Distinctive for its exclusive, non-public-facing commitment to Quaker elderly welfare and asset stewardship, the trust avoids project-based, seed, capacity-building, or generalist funding, prioritizing conservative, community-internal relief over broader initiatives. This tightly defined focus makes it uniquely suited for Quaker-aligned needs in Northern Ireland.