Registered charity (CIO) · Suffolk
Hive
Hive is a registered charity (number 1165566) based in Suffolk, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £32k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £32k (2025)
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Network
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- sudburyhive.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£32k£25k
- 2024£45k£42k
- 2023£61k£57k
Earlier years
- 2022£281k£297k
- 2021£29k£409
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUDBURY AND DISTRICT AREA OF SUFFOLK BY:A) PROVIDING A SERVICE TO VULNERABLE ADULTS AND CHILDREN SUPPORTING THEM WITH THEIR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NEEDS;B) PROVIDING TRAINING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES TO LOCAL VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY GROUPS;C) PROVIDING INFORMATION SERVICES TO LOCAL GROUPS;D) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL GROUPS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES; ANDE) OFFERING FUNDING OR FUNDING ADVICE TO HELP LOCAL GROUPS TO DEVELOP.(THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS 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)
Grants received
7 grants · £51,397 total360Giving 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,950
- Power to Change Trust · £5,447 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £5,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dorothy Mary Slatter since 2025
- Nesta Lesley Ford-Platt since 2019
- Robin William Ryding Hodgkinson since 2016
- Richard Anthony Platt since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Nesta Lesley Ford-Platt since 2019
- Robin William Ryding Hodgkinson since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dorothy Mary Slatter since 2025
- Nesta Lesley Ford-Platt since 2019
- Richard Anthony Platt since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Robin William Ryding Hodgkinson since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165566
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 12 Feb 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01787 371333 · enquiries@sudburyhive.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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