Ipswich Community Media and Learning

Analysis

Ipswich Community Media and Learning is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in October 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Ipswich Community Media and Learning reported income of £334k and spending of £453k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £187k to £334k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Ipswich Community Media and Learning sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% 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 Poole Communities Trust (£333k), Playmates Playgroup (£334k) and Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester (£329k).