Suffolk Befriending Scheme for People with Learning Disabilities

Analysis

Suffolk Befriending Scheme for People with Learning Disabilities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03599476). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Suffolk Befriending Scheme for People with Learning Disabilities reported income of £439k and spending of £410k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £544k to £439k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Suffolk Befriending Scheme for People with Learning Disabilities sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Independent Arts (£439k), The Quicken Trust (£440k) and North Norfolk Community Transport (£439k).