Suffolk Law Centre

Analysis

Suffolk Law Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Suffolk Law Centre reported income of £328k and spending of £413k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £576k to £328k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Suffolk Law Centre 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 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PCC Holy Trinity with St Laurence Church Also Known As Morecambe Parish Church (£328k), Revelation Community (£328k) and Doorway Wiltshire Ltd (£328k).