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Registered charity · Suffolk

Suffolk Befriending Scheme for People With Learning Disabilities

For the public benefit, to relieve people and their families who are disadvantaged by reason of age, learning disability, physical disability, ill mental health or financial hardship in particular but not exclusively by the provision of community,...

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £439k (2025)
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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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport and 3 more
Where
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
Website
www.thebefriendingscheme.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Suffolk Befriending Scheme for People With Learning Disabilities
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£439k£410k
  • 2024£315k£444k
  • 2023£414k£558k
Earlier years
  • 2022£411k£414k
  • 2021£544k£381k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 28% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

For the public benefit, to relieve people and their families who are disadvantaged by reason of age, learning disability, physical disability, ill mental health or financial hardship in particular but not exclusively by the provision of community, recreational, educational and befriending services in the region of East Anglia

Grants received

50 grants · £1,943,651 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.

Top funders

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.

4 trustees on the board

0y median 0y
average tenure
0y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£439k latest income
34%
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
1074800
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 JULY 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 FEBRUARY 1999 AND 14 JULY 2008 as amended on 10 Oct 2018 as amended on 31 Mar 2021 as amended on 18 May 2022
Companies House
Company number 03599476 · Active
Contact on the register
01787371333 · info@thebefriendingscheme.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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