The Church Lands

Analysis

The Church Lands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Church Lands reported income of £849k and spending of £749k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to April 2025, income grew from £671k to £849k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Church Lands sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Almond Trust (£847k), The Manchester Chinese Christian Church (£852k) and London Institute of Vedic Education (£847k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 60% of spending and raising funds 37%. Grants to other organisations totalled £445k. Reserves of £50k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.