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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the County of Suffolk including but not limited to the advancement of education, the protection of good health both mental and physical and the relief of poverty and sickness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to 23.6% of total funds
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£4,585£5,529£-945£291£23,471£93121625
30/06/22£7,498£5,727£1,771£206£23,679£5151.118120
30/06/21£5,420£5,098£322£174£21,996£4921.21475
30/06/20£5,824£5,699£125£215£18,253£5131.11375
30/06/19£3,025£3,507£-483£217£17,987£4161.41575
30/06/18£3,651£3,251£400£214£14,861£4371.6140
30/06/17£2,884£2,887£-3£261£13,162£3471.4130
30/06/16£3,210£3,000£210£264£11,289£2411110
30/06/15£5,225£2,298£2,927£267£9,607£2171.1100
30/06/14£4,079£2,494£1,584£267£6,451£3151.580
30/06/13£3,070£2,066£1,004£215£4,665£343280
30/06/12£2,689£2,032£658£183£3,549£331280
30/06/11£2,671£1,913£758£179£2,926£2911.870
30/06/10£2,298£1,707£591£152£2,088£2081.570
30/06/09£1,765£1,353£411£109£995£1731.560
30/06/08£671£404£267£42£589£2116.320
30/06/07£373£169£203n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06£181£123£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.suffolkcf.org.uk

info@suffolkcf.org.uk

01473602602

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Suffolk Community Foundation
£2,500 07/12/2023
12
Surviving Winter Appeal -Family Fund donation
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Suffolk Community Foundation
£1,000 07/01/2022
12
Family Fund donation
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Emergency Funding for Suffolk
£250,000 03/07/2020
12
Suffolk Community Foundation will use the funding to distribute small funds (between £300 and £20000) to organisations throughout Suffolk during this time of crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Suffolk Rural Fund
£200,000 31/03/2016
24
The Big Lottery Fund is matching the first £200,000 being awarded by the Suffolk Community Foundation to kick-start a new Suffolk Rural Fund which will enable local people to address poverty, loneliness, financial problems, social isolation and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Suffolk Community Foundation
£498,250 13/02/2013
Towards a programme of local grant-giving which will also include peer support and mentoring.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Surviving Christmas Appeal
£2,500 05/12/2012
towards one year's running costs of a project in Suffolk that provides direct support to vulnerable older people who are struggling during the winter months

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-70
  • GEORGE MOUBRAY WILLIAM VESTEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
  • GARETH IAN WILSON DL Appointed: 2022
  • HELEN TAYLOR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • JANE ANN MILLAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Blank
  • JORDAN ELSWORTH HOLDER MR Appointed: 2020
  • LOUISE LONG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lawyer
  • NEIL RODERICK WALMSLEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Solicitor
  • SUSAN VALERIE GULL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • SARAH ZINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • WILLIAM BRUCE KENDALL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/2005, number: 1109453
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/02/2005, number: 05369725
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CONNECT - EDUCATION AND BUSINESS on 14/12/2019
  • Asset transfer in from THE SIKRI TRUST on 25/11/2021
Main office

Suffolk Community Foundation
Unit 3-3A
The Peninsula Business Centre
Wherstead
IPSWICH
IP9 2BB

Objectives

3.1 THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS;3.2 OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUFFOLK AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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