Walberswick Common Lands

Analysis

Walberswick Common Lands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halesworth. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Walberswick Common Lands reported income of £362k and spending of £142k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £146k to £362k (+148%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Walberswick Common Lands sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pant & Dowlais Boys & Girls Club (£362k), Thinkaqua (£362k) and Communities Together Durham (£362k).