Church or Fabric Estates

Analysis

Church or Fabric Estates is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in October 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Church or Fabric Estates reported income of £31k and spending of £207k, spending 669% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £164k to £31k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Church or Fabric Estates sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masjid Salahuddin (£31k), The Mothers' Union (Coventry Diocese) (£31k) and Avos Ubanim (£31k).

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.