Town Estate Non-Ecclesiastical Charity

Analysis

Town Estate Non-Ecclesiastical Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Town Estate Non-Ecclesiastical Charity reported income of £20k and spending of £18k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £19k to £20k (+7.7%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Town Estate Non-Ecclesiastical Charity sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Care Ministries UK (£20k), Rotary Club of Erdington Charitable Trust (£20k) and Tusome Africa (£20k).