QiS was founded with a group of Foundation Trustees, who made the application to OSCR, the Scottish Charity Regulator, and continued the work of detailing how QiS would operate. From September 2025 appointments to formal QiS roles have been nominated by the QiS Nominations Committee and approved by members in session.
Minutes of trustee meetings are appended to this page, listed to the right (or at the foot of the page when viewed on small devices).
Trustees from 1 Jan 2026
Malcolm Crosby (Lanark) to 31 Dec 2028
Kate Gulliver (Ayrshire, treasurer and ex officio trustee) to 31 Dec 2027
Peter Hancock* (Dunblane) to 31 Dec 2027
Michael Hutchinson (Glasgow, clerk) to 30 Jun 2026
Susan Mitchell (Dunblane) to 31 Dec 2026
Neil Turner (South Edinburgh) to 31 Dec 2027
Piers Voysey (Forres) to 31 Dec 2028
Sue Walton (Forres) to 31 Dec 2028
Robin Waterston (St Andrews) to 31 Dec 2027
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Assistant Clerk to QiS (ex officio)
* previously also a Foundation trustee
Foundation Trustees (to 31 Dec 2025)
Foundation Trustees were appointed by General Meeting for Scotland to submit proposal to OSCR to create the new charity Quakers in Scotland (QiS). They worked with the QiS Coordinating Group to develop policies and systems for the new organisation, but Clerks, further trustees, and some other roles were appointed by members of the new charity. Foundation trustees who completed service oon 31 Dec 2025 are:
Elizabeth Allen (SE; co-clerk)
Brian Ashley (N)
Adwoa Burnley (E; co-clerk) Chris Holmes (W)
Susan Mitchell (W)
David Somervell (SE)