Lowestoft Church and Town Estate Charity

Analysis

Lowestoft Church and Town Estate Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lowestoft. It was registered in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lowestoft Church and Town Estate Charity reported income of £119k and spending of £149k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £118k to £119k (+1.4%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lowestoft Church and Town Estate Charity sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ's Heart Church UK (£119k), Becontree Church (£119k) and Friends of Biala Limited (£119k).