Registered charity (CIO) · Ipswich
River Church Ipswich
River Church Ipswich is a registered charity (number 1194553) based in Ipswich, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Rev Amy Key since 2021. Latest income £384k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as River Church (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £384k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Amy KeyChair · since 2021
- Chris Lawson JonesTrustee · since 2026
- DR Oweikumo EradiriTrustee · since 2026
- Ian Charles Clifford SturgessTrustee · since 2021
- Kerry Addo-HillTrustee · since 2024
- Matthew Thomas KeyTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Samantha Brazier-GibbsTrustee · since 2025
- Sharnai ReddiTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- riverchurchipswich.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£384k£366k
- 2024£383k£453k
- 2023£329k£315k
Earlier years
- 2022£232k£184k
- 2021£144k£77k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE SETTING UP AND RUNNING OF NEW CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND ESTABLISHED TEACHING OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE TOWN OF IPSWICH AND THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
Grants received
6 grants · £251,392 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £121,392 (3 grants)
- The Jerusalem Trust · £70,000
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £45,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Rev Amy Key Chair since 2021
- Chris Lawson Jones since 2026
- DR Oweikumo Eradiri since 2026
- Ian Charles Clifford Sturgess since 2021
- Kerry Addo-Hill since 2024
- Matthew Thomas Key since 2021
- Rev Samantha Brazier-Gibbs since 2025
- Sharnai Reddi since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Rev Amy Key Chair since 2021
- Chris Lawson Jones since 2026
- DR Oweikumo Eradiri since 2026
- Kerry Addo-Hill since 2024
- Rev Samantha Brazier-Gibbs since 2025
- Sharnai Reddi since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Ian Charles Clifford Sturgess since 2021
- Matthew Thomas Key since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 1194553
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 May 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01473219795 · hello@riverchurchipswich.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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