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Registered charity · Ipswich

The Ipswich Society

The Ipswich Society is a registered charity (number 263322) based in Ipswich, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £20k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)
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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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Suffolk
Website
www.ipswichsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20k£21k
  • 2024£19k£18k
  • 2023£16k£16k
Earlier years
  • 2022£16k£16k
  • 2021£12k£9k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

Grants received

1 grant · £3,500 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 · £3,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £3,5001999-08-18
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.

5 trustees on the board

8.2y median 10y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
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

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

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
263322
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED 11 NOVEMBER 1970, 3 NOVEMBER 1993 & 24 APRIL 2002. as amended on 17 Apr 2019
Contact on the register
01473226878 · secretary@ipswichsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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