Church Estate

Analysis

Church Estate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 Estate reported income of £17k and spending of £28k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 159% 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 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrison's Charity for Leeds City Parish (£17k), Christian Ambulance Association (£17k) and Shree Sangha UK (£17k).