Ipswich Community Playbus

Analysis

Ipswich Community Playbus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ipswich Community Playbus reported income of £143k and spending of £107k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £77k to £143k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ipswich Community Playbus sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Waterbeach Charity (£143k), The Widows, Orphans and Dependants Society of the Church in Wales (£143k) and Bethesda Community Charitable Trust (£143k).