Poor's Allotment or Ling Heath Charity

Analysis

Poor's Allotment or Ling Heath Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brandon. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Poor's Allotment or Ling Heath Charity reported income of £30k and spending of £28k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £30k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Poor's Allotment or Ling Heath Charity sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sheila Truman Charitable Trust (£30k), The Monkeypuzzle Charitable Trust (£30k) and Lions Club of Plymouth (CIO) (£30k).