Community Action Suffolk

Analysis

Community Action Suffolk is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08316345). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Action Suffolk reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.3m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £2.0m (-5.1%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Community Action Suffolk sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The School of Artisan Food (£2.0m), Voluntary Action Leicester (£2.0m) and Vast Services (1920) (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, trading 22% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £908k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 48 people.