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Suffolk Befriending Scheme For People With Learning Disabilities

Suffolk Befriending Scheme, The Befriending Scheme

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1074800
Status
Registered
Registered
March 23, 1999
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
03599476

Address

Address
Above Northcroft Social Club
1 The Croft
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 1HN

Activities

Operates groups for adults with learning disabilities and other vulnerable individuals to socialise and make friends. Volunteers befriend individuals one-on-one or assist in Groups, offering various activities in Sudbury, Lowestoft and Haverhill. Regular group outings for meals, cinema, and bowling. Advocacy services, telephone befriending, community care farm, gardening, life skills

Objects: For the public benefit, to relieve people and their families who are disadvantaged by reason of age, learning disability, physical disability, ill mental health or financial hardship in particular but not exclusively by the provision of community, recreational, educational and befriending services in the region of East Anglia

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport, Animals, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups

Geography

Area of benefit
Suffolk And The Anglian Area
Local Authority
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £439,228 £409,523 - -
March 31, 2024 £315,291 £443,791 - -
March 31, 2023 £414,299 £557,911 - -
March 31, 2022 £410,593 £414,395 - -
March 31, 2021 £543,781 £381,181 £564,661 14

Trustees

Name Appointed
Fiona Jane Berry Feb. 9, 2023
Frances Torrington June 22, 2020
Jeremy Darrell Morgan March 27, 2026
Jeremy Robert Massey June 18, 2026
Piers Roberts Jan. 3, 2024