Church Lands Charity

Analysis

Church Lands Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingsbridge. It was registered in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Church Lands Charity reported income of £10k and spending of £10k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £12k to £10k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Church Lands Charity sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Religious Drama Society of Great Britain (£10k), Friends of St Peter's Church, Ropley (£10k) and Grace Community Fellowship (£10k).