Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality

Analysis

Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04616709). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality reported income of £216k and spending of £258k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £306k to £216k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Ears (£216k), We Care Foundation (£216k) and Ferriers Barn Limited (£216k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.