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Suffolk User Forum

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £267k (2025)

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

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Who leads it

Also 2 organisations acting as trustee: Alison Mary Mudd, Anna Tanner.

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
Where
Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex
Website
www.suffolkuserforum.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Suffolk User Forum
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£267k£271k
  • 2024£326k£236k
  • 2023£301k£178k
Earlier years
  • 2022£174k£168k
  • 2021£218k£177k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 43% · Government grants 43%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS SHALL BE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF EAST ANGLIA, THE ADVANCEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH BY:A) IMPROVING PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE WHO USE SERVICES, AND THEIR FAMILIES, B) THE SAVING OF LIVES BY ADVANCING THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE, AND C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CAPACITY AMONGST MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS, BY THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING AND PEER SUPPORT GROUPS.THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF MENTAL ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY BY PROVIDING SPECIALIST INFORMATION, AND BY PROMOTING SELF-DETERMINATION, EMPOWERMENT, AND ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL ILL HEALTH.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ‘PROVIDERS’ MEANS ALL ORGANISATIONS WHETHER NHS, PRIMARY CARE, SOCIAL CARE, INDEPENDENT OR VOLUNTARY SECTOR, THAT HAVE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT (INCLUDING A COMMISSIONING) ROLE IN SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. ‘EAST ANGLIA’ MEANS THE COUNTIES OF SUFFOLK, NORFOLK AND ESSEX.

Grants received

5 grants · £20,625 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.

5 trustees on the board

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

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 7Education 1Tech and media 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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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£267k latest income
86%
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
1133457
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 JUNE 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 NOV 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 NOV 2021
Companies House
Company number 06946785 · Active
Contact on the register
01473907087 · hello@suffolkuserforum.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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