The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Ipswich Society

Registered charity 263322 Registered since 1972

Operates: 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.

5 trustees on the board

8.2y median 10y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 5Education/training 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1Education 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£19k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ipswichsociety.org.uk
Emailsecretary@ipswichsociety.org.uk
Phone01473226878
Address61A FONNEREAU ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 3JN

Finances

£19,560 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£12,204£8,984
2022£15,759£16,113
2023£15,692£15,511
2024£19,243£17,737
2025£19,560£21,402

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF CIVIC DESIGN. (2) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF IPSWICH AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. (3) TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEATURES WHICH GO TO MAKE PLEASING AND CONVENIENT CONDITIONS IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK. (4) TO PURSUE THESE ENDS BY SUCH MEANS AS MEETINGS, LECTURES, STUDY GROUPS, EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED 11 NOVEMBER 1970, 3 NOVEMBER 1993 & 24 APRIL 2002. as amended on 17 Apr 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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