Town Estate

Analysis

Town Estate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Town Estate reported income of £25k and spending of £22k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £27k to £25k (-9.8%), an average of -2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Town Estate sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include NDS Community Services (£25k), Rotary Club of Falmouth Benevolent Fund (£25k) and Parish Estate Charity (All Saints, North Street) (£25k).