The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Suffolk Family History Society

Registered charity 1087748 Registered since 2001

Operates: Suffolk

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.4y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Other services 9Retail and trade 3Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£59k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.suffolkfhs.co.uk
Emailtreasurer@suffolkfhs.org.uk
Phone07847 455070
Address2 Stone Street, Crowfield, IPSWICH, IP6 9TA

Finances

£54,290 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£48,766£40,409
2023£65,418£40,401
2024£58,168£43,231
2025£58,664£40,998
2026£54,290£40,766

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

A) COLLECTING PUBLISHING AND MAKING ACCESSIBLE IN THE INTERESTS OF GENEALOGY HERALDRY AND FAMILY HISTORY ANY DOCUMENT RECORD OR BOOK RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLKB) PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS ON THE ADVICE OF SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICEC) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF GENEALOGY HERALDRY AND FAMILY HISTORY: ANDD) GIVING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BY WAY OF LECTURES AND OTHERWISE WITH REFERENCE TO RECORD RESEARCH

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 2ND APRIL 2001 as amended on 29 Nov 2022 as amended on 29 Nov 2022 as amended on 29 Nov 2022

Trustees (8)

8trustees
70median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Suffolk Family History Society · 04191740 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/04/2001

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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