IPSWICH FOUNDATION STREET CHARITIES

Registered charity 211732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOOLEYS COURT

To provide independent living for older people in sheltered accommodation in the Borough of Ipswich

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

Latest income

£277k

Latest spending

£382k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £105,009 for the year ended 31 December 2024, contrasting with a surplus in the previous year. Total funds carried forward stood at £2,542,776, supported by significant fixed asset investments valued at £2,456,104. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records during the independent examination.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Brame's Relief In Need Charity — “Brame's Relief In Need Charity” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID KNIGHTSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alan Richard Grant · trustee of 3 other charities
DRINDA PEARCE
Luke Harvey · trustee of 1 other charity
MARY YOUNG
MRS JO BANTHORPE · trustee of 2 other charities
MRS ROSY DODDS · trustee of 1 other charity
NORMAN JAMES HAINES · trustee of 1 other charity
Roger Gilles · trustee of 1 other charity
TOBY POUND · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£277k	£382k
31/12/2023	£304k	£246k
31/12/2022	£267k	£182k
31/12/2021	£254k	£255k
31/12/2020	£248k	£242k

Common questions

Is IPSWICH FOUNDATION STREET CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £105,009 for the year ended 31 December 2024, contrasting with a surplus in the previous year. Total funds carried forward stood at £2,542,776, supported by significant fixed asset investments valued at £2,456,104. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records during the independent examination. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£559k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE IPSWICH INSTITUTE READING ROOM AND LIBRARY.

THE IPSWICH INSTITUTE READING ROOM AND LIBRARY income £560k
IPSWICH SCHOOL income £26.1m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF IPSWICH ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WITH ST ANDREW income £344k
Ipswich Town Foundation income £3.1m
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £559k
RICHARD WATTS AND THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
IPSWICH FOUNDATION STREET CHARITIES	£277k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE IPSWICH INSTITUTE READING ROOM AND LIBRARY FY2025	£560k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IPSWICH SCHOOL FY2025	£26.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF IPSWICH ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WITH ST ANDREW FY2023	£344k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Ipswich Town Foundation FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£559k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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