Church Lands

Analysis

Church Lands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Church Lands reported income of £15k and spending of £662, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £15k (+23%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Church Lands sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jamia Alfurqan Limited (£15k), Urban Abbey (£15k) and The Association of the Continuing Church Trust (£15k).