The Ipswich Society

Registered charity 263322 Registered since 1972

Operates: Suffolk

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

8.2y median 10y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

12.7y

average years in governance

4 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

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

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 1Education 1Health and social care 1

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Boards that share trustees

ST Margaret's Charities for the Needy 1 shared trustee
Colchester and District Jewish Community 1 shared trustee
Ipswich Building Preservation Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
The Ipswich Historic Churches Trust 1 shared trustee
Ipswich Maritime Trust Limited 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Ipswich Maritime Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Association for Suffolk Museums 1 shared trustee
Ipswich Building Preservation Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
The Ipswich Historic Churches Trust 1 shared trustee
Colchester and District Jewish Community 1 shared trustee
ST Margaret's Charities for the Needy 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.ipswichsociety.org.uk
Email	secretary@ipswichsociety.org.uk
Phone	01473226878
Address	61A FONNEREAU ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 3JN

Finances

£19,243 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£12,804	£12,165
2021	£12,204	£8,984
2022	£15,759	£16,113
2023	£15,692	£15,511
2024	£19,243	£17,737

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+

Caroline Jane Kennedy Markham since 2013
Councillor Adam Raeage 63 since 2022
Eric Dudley Benton since 2016
Graham Douglas Smithage 80 since 2013
Graham Lambert since 2025

Connected charities (6)

Ipswich Building Preservation Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
The Ipswich Historic Churches Trust 1 shared trustee
Ipswich Maritime Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Association for Suffolk Museums 1 shared trustee
ST Margaret's Charities for the Needy 1 shared trustee
Colchester and District Jewish Community 1 shared trustee

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