SUFFOLK BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 1102519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides grants to retired Nonconformist Ministers or widows of Non Conformist ministers who have served at a Nonconformist church in Suffolk.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF NECESSITOUS PROTESTANT NON-CONFORMIST CHRISTIAN MINISTERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK WHETHER AS FULL TIME OR PART TIME MINISTERS AND WHETHER STILL ENGAGED IN THE MINISTRY IN THE COUNTY OR ELSEWHERE OR RETIRED OR PREVENTED FROM CONTINUING THEIR MINISTRY THROUGH AGE OR INFIRMITY AND THE WIDOWS WIDOWERS CHILDREN OR OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant surplus of £18,856.31 for the year ended 31st December 2025, driven largely by a £20,499.75 increase in investment value. Net assets increased to £155,152.18, with unrestricted reserves held in cash and investments providing a strong financial position. The trustees expect donations to remain constant, indicating stable future income expectations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID IAN RUSHBROOK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Frances Rachel Barker · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOHN WHINNEY
• MICHAEL LLOYD ASTBURY
• STEPHEN R BULLARD FMAAT

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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