Poor's Land

Analysis

Poor's Land is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Poor's Land reported income of £12k and spending of £11k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,773 to £12k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Poor's Land sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compton Dando Church Estate Trust (£12k), Ashfield Educational Fund (Bushey) (£12k) and Peoples Club of Nigeria Charitable Foundation (UK) (£12k).