Discover IpswichEast of England
Map of charities and companies in Ipswich
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines Ipswich and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | Ipswich | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- Ipswich Schoolincome £26.1m
- St Elizabeth Hospiceincome £19.3m · 8 trustees
- St Joseph's College Limitedincome £10.9m · 13 trustees
- St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Financeincome £10.1m · 20 trustees
- Ormiston Familiesincome £7.7m · 8 trustees
- Lighthouse Construction Industry Charityincome £5m · 9 trustees
- The Greg & Rosie Lock Charitable Foundation Trustincome £4.8m · 2 trustees
- The New Wolsey Theatre Company Limitedincome £3.4m · 9 trustees
- Ipswich Town Foundationincome £3.1m · 8 trustees
- The Broomton Foundationincome £3m · 4 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Copleston High SchoolSecondary · 1,930 pupils
- Northgate High SchoolSecondary · 1,750 pupils
- Chantry AcademySecondary · 1,006 pupils
- Westbourne AcademySecondary · 989 pupils
- Ipswich AcademySecondary · 981 pupils
- St Alban's Catholic High SchoolSecondary · 967 pupils
- Ipswich SchoolNot applicable · 966 pupils
- Stoke High School - Ormiston AcademySecondary · 811 pupils
The council
- IpswichCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
368 charities are registered here; the 356 that report income have a combined income of £150.5m and a median of £26,660. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (49)
Ipswich has 49 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 49 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Rae | Labour Party | Alexandra |
| David John Plowman | Green Party | Alexandra |
| Jane Riley | Labour Party | Alexandra |
| David Anthony Hill | Reform UK | Bixley |
| Lee Chadwick Reynolds | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bixley |
| Richard Pope | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bixley |
| Bryony Rudkin | Labour and Co-operative Party | Bridge |
| Phil Smart | Labour Party | Bridge |
| Rupert Tonkin-Galvin | Reform UK | Bridge |
| Erion Xhaferaj | Conservative and Unionist Party | Castle Hill |
| Ian Stuart Fisher | Conservative and Unionist Party | Castle Hill |
| William John Joseph Patrick | Reform UK | Castle Hill |
| James Whatling | Labour Party | Gainsborough |
| Martin Lewis Cook | Labour Party | Gainsborough |
| Ryan Procter | Reform UK | Gainsborough |
| David Thomas Ellesmere | Labour Party | Gipping |
| Leslie Richard John Foster | Reform UK | Gipping |
| Peter Kenneth Gardiner | Labour Party | Gipping |
| Catherine Frost | Labour Party | Holywells |
| George Samuel Lankester | Labour Party | Holywells |
| Nic El-Safty | Labour Party | Holywells |
| Owen Leslie Bartholomew | Labour Party | Priory Heath |
| Roxanne Debra Downes | Labour Party | Priory Heath |
| Tim Buttle | Reform UK | Priory Heath |
| Alasdair Donald Mackenzie Ross | Labour Party | Rushmere |
| Kelvin Dean Cracknell | Labour and Co-operative Party | Rushmere |
| Stefan Long | Labour Party | Rushmere |
| Jenny Smith | Labour Party | Sprites |
| Philip Mark McSweeney | Labour Party | Sprites |
| Stuart Allen | Reform UK | Sprites |
| Corinna Hope Hudson | Labour Party | St John's |
| Elango Elavalakan | Labour and Co-operative Party | St John's |
| Neil Edward MacDonald | Labour and Co-operative Party | St John's |
| Sophie Jackye Michele Connelly | Labour Party | St John's |
| Inga Elisabeth Lockington | Liberal Democrats | St Margaret's |
| Oliver James Holmes | Liberal Democrats | St Margaret's |
| Timothy John Lockington | Liberal Democrats | St Margaret's |
| Chu Man | Labour Party | Stoke Park |
| Morgan Brobyn | Reform UK | Stoke Park |
| Nathan Wilson | Conservative and Unionist Party | Stoke Park |
| Carole Elizabeth Jones | Labour Party | Westgate |
| Colin John Kreidewolf | Labour Party | Westgate |
| Julian Gibbs | Labour and Co-operative Party | Westgate |
| David Alan Hurlbut | Reform UK | Whitehouse |
| Lucy Trenchard | Labour Party | Whitehouse |
| Tracy Anne Grant | Labour and Co-operative Party | Whitehouse |
| Gary Ian Forster | Labour Party | Whitton |
| Patricia Bruce-Browne | Labour Party | Whitton |
| Tony Gould | Reform UK | Whitton |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 356 largest charities here with trustee data, 82 are linked to at least one other through 72 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- Ipswich and Suffolk Bangladeshi Muslim Community Centre and Mosque and Insaan Aid8 shared board members
- Ipswich Foundation Street Charities and Brame's Relief in Need Charity8 shared board members
- Charity Known As Poors Land and Poors Houses (Or Gilberts Charity) and The Colman Almshouse Charity5 shared board members
- The Colman Almshouse Charity and Edward Colman's Educational Charity5 shared board members
- Charity Known As Poors Land and Poors Houses (Or Gilberts Charity) and Edward Colman's Educational Charity4 shared board members
- Bsc Multicultural Services and Shahjalal Islamic Centre & Masjid2 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, Triangle and All Saints and Daundy Trust2 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Augustine, Ipswich and Ip3 Good Neighbours2 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St.mary & St.botolph's Whitton, Ipswich. and Whitton Youth Partnership2 shared board members
- Unscene Suffolk Limited and Suffolk Sight2 shared board members
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.