Ipswich Art Society

Analysis

Ipswich Art Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ipswich Art Society reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,946 to £12k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 448%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Ipswich Art Society sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bere Alston Regeneration Partnership Limited (£12k), The Biographers Club Limited (£12k) and The Mount Kelly Choral Society (£12k).