Town Estate Educational Foundation

Analysis

Town Estate Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Town Estate Educational Foundation reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £14k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Town Estate Educational Foundation sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leatherhead District Islamic Society (£14k), Sevenoaks Campaigners (£14k) and Hinckley National Spiritualist Church (£14k).

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.