Ottery Church Corporation

Analysis

Ottery Church Corporation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ottery Church Corporation reported income of £21k and spending of £186k, spending 903% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £158k to £21k (-87%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 180% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ottery Church Corporation sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bandstand Beds Association (£21k), Saltburn in Bloom (£21k) and Mortehoe Heritage Trust (£21k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.