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Community Action Suffolk

Registered charity 1150501 Registered since 2013

Operates: Essex, Norfolk, 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.

9 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Professional services 6Tech and media 6Arts and leisure 3

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£2.0m 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.

4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.0 in 2021

48 from 47 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.
51%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.communityactionsuffolk.org.uk
Emailinfo@communityactionsuffolk.org.uk
Phone01473345400
AddressBRIGHTSPACE, 160 HADLEIGH ROAD, IPSWICH, IP2 0HH

Finances

£2,021,662 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,129,732£1,872,121
2022£2,701,947£2,546,142
2023£2,554,858£2,520,305
2024£2,084,583£2,287,380
2025£2,021,662£2,326,707

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY PURPOSE THAT IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION PROMOTING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN SUFFOLK. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS 'THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR' MEANS:CHARITIES WHICH ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 DEC 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 SEP 2017 as amended on 14 May 2019 as amended on 24 Jul 2019

Trustees (9)

9trustees
56median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Community Action Suffolk · 08316345 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/12/2012

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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