The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Signpost East Suffolk

Registered charity 1163151 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: 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.

4 trustees on the board

10.8y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

0
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 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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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.

Related organisations

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eastsuffolk.foodbank.org.uk
Phone01502537798
AddressGunton Baptist Church, Montgomery Avenue, Lowestoft, NR32 4DZ

Finances

£0 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020
2021
2022
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2024

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GUNTON, SUFFOLK AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS, AND2)THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 14 Aug 2015

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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