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Registered charity · Essex

SUE Ryder

The Objects of the Charity are: 1. to provide or assist in the provision of care for persons suffering from any disability, incapacity or illness, whether physical or mental, 2. to relieve the needs of those people potentially excluded from society...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £105m (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.sueryder.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
SUE Ryder
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£105m£109m
  • 2025£106m£115m
  • 2024£116m£124m
Earlier years
  • 2023£112m£123m
  • 2022£113m£107m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 8% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity are: 1. to provide or assist in the provision of care for persons suffering from any disability, incapacity or illness, whether physical or mental, 2. to relieve the needs of those people potentially excluded from society by reason of old age, ill health (physical or mental), disability, poverty, or criminal history, and to assist in their integration into society for the public benefit; 3. To advance the education of the public about the causes of disability, incapacity or illness, whether physical or mental and the means of relieving those needs. 4. To relieve the mental and physical suffering of persons affected by bereavement or loss, including by the provision of counselling and support for such persons.

Grants received

51 grants · £1,024,411 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

4.6y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Environment/conservation/heritage 8Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 15Professional services 3Business services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£106.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 5.6 in 2021

2462 from 3062 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
21%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1052076
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/11/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/05/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/09/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/02/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/12/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/05/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/09/1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/09/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/07/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 31/07/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/08/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 SEP 2015 as amended on 12 Dec 2019
Companies House
Company number 00943228 · Active
Contact on the register
01787 314200 · info@sueryder.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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