Mid Suffolk Voluntary Organisations Forum

Analysis

Mid Suffolk Voluntary Organisations Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stowmarket. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03666606). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mid Suffolk Voluntary Organisations Forum reported income of £160k and spending of £215k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £136k to £160k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mid Suffolk Voluntary Organisations Forum sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kasen Trust (£160k), Doctors for Nepal (£160k) and Talk Direct Charitable Trust (£160k).