Dig It Community Allotment

Analysis

Dig It Community Allotment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Dig It Community Allotment reported income of £86k and spending of £72k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £10k to £86k (+733%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 216%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dig It Community Allotment sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sikh Education Council Limited (£86k), Unstone Grange Trust (£86k) and The Family Foundation (£86k).