Ipswich Foundation Street Charities

Analysis

Ipswich Foundation Street Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ipswich Foundation Street Charities reported income of £294k and spending of £282k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £254k to £294k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. 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, Ipswich Foundation Street Charities sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include River Church Wales (£293k), Rebuild East Midlands (£294k) and Community Action Project (£293k).