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Registered charity · Suffolk

Sudbury Common Lands Charity

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £165k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Suffolk
Website
www.sudburycommonlandscharity.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£165k£174k
  • 2023£142k£157k
  • 2022£341k£138k
Earlier years
  • 2021£122k£121k
  • 2020£144k£134k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 29% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) RELIEVING IN CASES OF OLD AGE, SICKNESS OR FINANCIAL NEED FREEMAN AND THE WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS OF FREEMAN; (B) MAKING PAYMENTS TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY CALLED THE SUDBURY FREEMAN'S TRUST; (C) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUDBURY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (D) MAKING PAYMENTS TO THE TRUSTEES F THE SUDBURY MUNICIPAL CHARITIES; (E) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OR THE NEEDY INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUDBURY.(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE SCHEME)

Grants received

10 grants · £115,345 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £75,047 (3 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £31,451 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,837 (2 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £2,010 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Essex Community Foundation £1,0102024-03-07
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £12,6192023-04-01
  • Essex Community Foundation £1,0002022-06-14
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £12,6192022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £6,2132020-04-01
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.

6.6y median 3.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (12)

3
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 16Environment/conservation/heritage 16Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Property 2Business services 1Education 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£165k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
37%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
212222
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 14TH MAY 1987
Contact on the register
07905 957608 · sudburycommonlandscharity@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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