Registered charity · Ipswich
Suffolk Book League
Suffolk Book League is a registered charity (number 296783) based in Ipswich, governed by 3 trustees. Latest income £9k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as S B L (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £9k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.suffolkbookleague.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£5k
- 2024£5k£4k
- 2023£5k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£3k
- 2021£3k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, FOSTER OR STRENGTHEN BY ALL AND EVERY SUITABLE MEANS THE HABIT OF READING AND THE WIDER AND MORE GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS, BY AND AMONG ALL PEOPLE.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- James Michael Phillips since 2024
- Kenneth William Smith since 2024
- Susan Blything-Smith since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Susan Blything-Smith since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- James Michael Phillips since 2024
- Kenneth William Smith since 2024
- Susan Blything-Smith since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 296783
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES AND CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29TH SEPTEMBER 1986 AS AMENDED 28TH APRIL 1987 as amended on 13 Jun 2021 as amended on 27 Apr 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07799532346 · enquiries@suffolkbookleague.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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