Town Land

Analysis

Town Land is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in October 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Town Land reported income of £17k and spending of £37k, spending 214% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £17k (+2.5%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 192% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Town Land sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harleston Homes (£17k), St Stephen's Church of England School (£17k) and The Benjamin and Anna Jane Gliddon Memorial Homes (£17k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.