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Registered charity (CIO) · Sudbury

Suffolk Preservation Society

Suffolk Preservation Society is a registered charity (number 1154806) based in Sudbury, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Robert Townshend since 2019. Latest income £67k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as SPS (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £67k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Suffolk
Website
www.suffolksociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Suffolk Preservation Society
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£67k£135k
  • 2024£64k£195k
  • 2023£123k£226k
Earlier years
  • 2022£162k£206k
  • 2021£243k£184k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SUFFOLK’S PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ENSURING ANY CHANGE IS UNDERTAKEN SYMPATHETICALLY AND TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY POSSIBLE.

Grants received

1 grant · £934 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

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £934

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £9342024-04-01
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.

11 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 11

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

Education 1Other services 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£67k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1154806
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 29 Nov 2013 as amended on 18 Nov 2021 as amended on 12 Jun 2026
Companies House
Company number CE001458 · Active
Contact on the register
01787247179 · sps@suffolksociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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