Allotment for the Labouring Poor

Analysis

Allotment for the Labouring Poor is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aldershot. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Allotment for the Labouring Poor reported income of £53k and spending of £53k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,058 to £53k (+556%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Allotment for the Labouring Poor sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Warriors American Football Club (£53k), The Hintlesham and Chattisham Community Council (£53k) and City of Stoke Athletics Club (£53k).