# THE SUFFOLK GUILD OF RINGERS FOR THE DIOCESE OF ST EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 266869
- **Other names:** THE SUFFOLK GUILD OF RINGERS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 10, 1975
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=266869


## Contact

- **Address:** 17 Jermyn Avenue, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Suffolk
- **Postcode:** IP32 7LJ
- **Phone:** 07786656723
- **Email:** secretary@suffolkbells.org.uk
- **Website:** www.suffolkbells.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE GUILD SHALL PROMOTE RINGING FOR DIVINE SERVICE WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF ST EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH BY:1 PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE PRACTICE OF BELLRINGING.2 SUPPORTING THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF BELLRINGERS.3 CULTIVATING THE ART OF SCIENTIFIC RINGING.4 PROMOTING AN APPRECIATION OF THE RINGING CHAMBER AS PART OF GOD'S HOUSE AND ENCOURAGING CARE AND ATTENTION TO ITS CLEANLINESS AND PROPER EQUIPMENT.5 PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION OF BELLS IN AN EFFICIENT CONDITION, RECOMMENDING NECESSARY REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS AND PROVIDING RELIABLE INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE ON THE CONDITION OF THE BELLS AND THEIR FITTINGS.6 SUPPORTING RESTORATION AND/OR AUGMENTATION.?

**Activities:** The purpose of the charity is to promote and encourage the practice of bellringing; to recruit, train and encourage bellringers in the practice of their art; to cultivate the art of scientific change ringing; to promote and advise on the preservation, renovation and augmentation of bells in an efficient condition.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £290109 | £26856 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £29015 | £11440 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £27297 | £22387 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £50147 | £10785 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £15129 | £22564 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Julian Colman — appointed April 26, 2025
- Philip Mark Ogden — appointed April 15, 2023
- Rev David John Everett — appointed April 6, 2004
- Timothy Peter Hart — appointed April 15, 2023