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Registered charity (CIO) · Ipswich

Ipswich Mencap

Ipswich Mencap is a registered charity (number 1185063) based in Ipswich, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Barbara ANN Thorn since 2000. Latest income £38k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £38k (2025)
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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
Disability
Where
Suffolk
Website
www.ipswichmencap.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£38k£43k
  • 2024£76k£31k
  • 2023£172k£159k
Earlier years
  • 2022£15k£22k
  • 2021£0£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDENTS AND CARERS, BY IDENTIFYING AND PROMOTING THEIR NEEDS AND PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT."LEARNING DISABILITY" MEANS A REDUCED INTELLECTUAL ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND NEW OR COMPLEX INFORMATION, TO LEARN NEW SKILLS (IMPAIRED INTELLIGENCE), WITH A REDUCED ABILITY TO COPE INDEPENDENTLY (IMPAIRED SOCIAL FUNCTIONING), WHICH STARTED BEFORE ADULTHOOD. IT MAY AFFECT (BUT IS NOT RESTRICTED TO) PEOPLE WITH DOWNÆS SYNDROME, WILLIAMS SYNDROME, ANGELMAN SYNDROME, AUTISM, ASPERGERÆS SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY, FRAGILE X SYNDROME.

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.

8 trustees on the board

15.1y median 8.5y
average tenure
65y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

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company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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£38k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1185063
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 Aug 2019
Contact on the register
01473807885 · barbarathorn77@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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