The Charity Estate

Analysis

The Charity Estate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in April 1964, 62 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Charity Estate reported income of £98k and spending of £58k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £74k to £98k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Charity Estate sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greene and Co Charity Limited (£98k), Exodus Travels Foundation (£98k) and Mercy Welfare Trust (£98k).