Suffolk Preservation Society

Analysis

Suffolk Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sudbury. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Suffolk Preservation Society reported income of £67k and spending of £135k, spending 201% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £243k to £67k (-72%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Suffolk Preservation Society sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uckfield and District Preservation Society Ltd (£67k), Hampshire Gardens Trust (£67k) and World Ploughing Organisation (£67k).

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.