Church Estate

Analysis

Church Estate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Church Estate reported income of £85k and spending of £61k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £56k to £85k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Church Estate sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Agape Centre Havant (£85k), Celestial Church of Christ, Victory Land Parish (£85k) and Canons Regular of Premontre Trust Property Held in Connection with the Norbertine Order (£85k).