The Church and Town Estate Including Allotment Lands

Analysis

The Church and Town Estate Including Allotment Lands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stowmarket. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Church and Town Estate Including Allotment Lands reported income of £19k and spending of £16k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £19k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Church and Town Estate Including Allotment Lands sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al Habib Welfare Foundation (£19k), The Abidoon Trust (£19k) and C and H Association Limited (£19k).