SUFFOLK CLERGY CHARITY

Registered charity 1002233 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious

Objects

(1)THE RELIEF OF WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND WHO EITHER(1) WERE AT ANY TIME INSTITUTED OR LICENSED IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH (11)ARE RESIDENT IN THE SAID DIOCESE OF ST. EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH HAVING BEEN INSTITUTED OR LICENSED IN ANY OTHER DIOCESE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.(2) THE RELIEF OF RETIRED CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND WHO EITHER (1)WERE AT ANY TIME INSTITUTED OR LICENSED IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH (11)ARE OR RESIDENT IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH HAVING BEEN INSTITUTED OR LICENSED IN ANY OTHER DIOCESE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF ST EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ipswich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£39k

Latest spending

£39k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £7,886, which the Trustees consider sufficient to cover emergency grants and ensure the charity continues as a going concern. The charity reported a net expenditure of £52 for the year, funded primarily by investment income of £39,211. The Trustees maintain a policy of not intentionally building up income reserves beyond what is needed for contingencies.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)

“The principal funding source was income of £39,161 (2023: £38,518) earned on investments.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient funds are retained to ensure a couple of emergency grants can be covered at any one time (held: £8k)

“Income reserves are not intentionally built up, but sufficient funds are retained to ensure a couple of emergency grants can be covered at any one time.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gary Peverley · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Alan Forsdike · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Catherine Forsdike
Rev Joanne Grenfell DR · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Rich Henderson
Rev Samantha Brazier-Gibbs
Rev Simon Hill · trustee of 1 other charity
The Venerable Dr David Harold Jenkins

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£39k	£39k
31/12/2023	£39k	£47k
31/12/2022	£38k	£44k
31/12/2021	£37k	£37k
31/12/2020	£37k	£35k

Common questions

Is SUFFOLK CLERGY CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £7,886, which the Trustees consider sufficient to cover emergency grants and ensure the charity continues as a going concern. The charity reported a net expenditure of £52 for the year, funded primarily by investment income of £39,211. The Trustees maintain a policy of not intentionally building up income reserves beyond what is needed for contingencies. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Ruskington Community Church.

Ruskington Community Church income £61k
NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST income £71k
GENERATIONS CHURCH income £151k
STROUD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £110k
THE CHURCHILL COLLEGE CHAPEL SOCIETY TRUST income £27k
SPRINGFIELD CHURCH income £196k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SUFFOLK CLERGY CHARITY	£39k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Ruskington Community Church FY2025	£61k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£71k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GENERATIONS CHURCH FY2025	£151k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STROUD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£110k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CHURCHILL COLLEGE CHAPEL SOCIETY TRUST FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.