Markshall Estate

Analysis

Markshall Estate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in April 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Markshall Estate reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.1m (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Markshall Estate sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dandelion Time (£1.1m), Lancashire Environmental Fund Limited (£1.1m) and Northern Viaduct Trust Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 55%, charitable activities 31%, donations and legacies 6.2% and investments 4.3%. Charitable activities took 57% of spending and raising funds 31%. It employed 20 people.

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.