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Harkstead Church Heritage

RegisteredRegistered charity number 296889IpswichReligion
Income£12k2025-12-31
Spending£4,092same year
Spent / received42%5-year average
Size in its cause25th pctReligion
Registered1987Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Harkstead Church Heritage is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Harkstead Church Heritage reported income of £12k and spending of £4,092, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,681 to £12k (+221%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Harkstead Church Heritage sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somerset Evangelistic Work Trust (£12k), Ubaidiyah Foundation (£12k) and Christian Faith Fellowship UK (£12k).

Income and spending

£0£2,954£5,908£8,862£12k2021 Income: £3,6812021 Spending: £68420212022 Income: £4,9742022 Spending: £46420222023 Income: £7,1102023 Spending: £6,55920232024 Income: £7,2432024 Spending: £2,75820242025 Income: £11,8162025 Spending: £4,0922025
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Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The preservation and maintenance of the building and churchyard of St Mary, Harkstead, and the maintenance and development of music and other aspects of the worship and life of the church.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Somerset Evangelistic Work TrustBridgwater£12k
Ubaidiyah FoundationNelson£12k
Christian Faith Fellowship UKNorthampton£12k
Ecclesiastical Purposes in Connection with the Church of England (Waverley Trust)Southsea£12k