Church Lands and John Johnson's Estate Charities

Analysis

Church Lands and John Johnson's Estate Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in January 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Church Lands and John Johnson's Estate Charities reported income of £177k and spending of £177k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £149k to £177k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Church Lands and John Johnson's Estate Charities sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Northumberland Voluntary Forum (£177k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Minster Church of St George, Doncaster (£178k) and Age Connected (£177k).