The Ipswich and East Suffolk Beekeepers' Association

Analysis

The Ipswich and East Suffolk Beekeepers' Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodbridge. It was registered in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Ipswich and East Suffolk Beekeepers' Association reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £13k to £19k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ipswich and East Suffolk Beekeepers' Association sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Holy Trinity (Church of England) Dobcross School (£19k), St Andrew's Voluntary Controlled Junior School Parent Teacher Association (£19k) and Milford School Parents and Friends Association (£19k).