Ward's Charity or Church Lands

Analysis

Ward's Charity or Church Lands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ward's Charity or Church Lands reported income of £242k and spending of £132k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £52k to £242k (+367%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 905%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ward's Charity or Church Lands sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Alsager (£242k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas with Tortington, Arundel (£242k) and Kingston-Upon-Thames Methodist Circuit (£242k).