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Registered charity · Ipswich

Association for Suffolk Museums

Association for Suffolk Museums is a registered charity (number 293950) based in Ipswich, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £27k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £27k (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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Suffolk
Website
www.suffolkmuseums.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£27k£51k
  • 2024£68k£67k
  • 2023£45k£100k
Earlier years
  • 2022£112k£99k
  • 2021£86k£64k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 73%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK BY THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF PUBLIC MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

Grants received

12 grants · £737,540 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 · £729,195 (10 grants)
  • Suffolk Community Foundation · £5,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,345

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £230,3822026-03-20
  • Suffolk Community Foundation £5,0002016-08-09
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £39,0002015-02-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £264,0002012-09-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £36,1002010-07-13
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.

12 trustees on the board

5.5y median 3.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

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 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Religious 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 2Health and social care 2Education 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£27k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
293950
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6TH DECEMBER 1985, AS AMENDED 13 JUNE 2003,
Contact on the register
07720213193 · jayne.austin@suffolk.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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