TOWN LANDS (ESTATE)

Registered charity 211118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Harling Town Lands Trust

Management of Town Farm, East Harling, 12 Spinney Drive East Harling, 11 Kemps Barn East Harling, and 46 Garlondes, East Harling, paying net proceeds, in equal shares, to Harling Parish Church, Harling Town Lands Educational Foundation and Harling Town Improvement Fund.

Objects

THE INCOME FROM THE ESTATE CHARITY SHALL BE DIVIDED AT THE TRUSTEES’ DISCRETION AND APPLIED AS FOLLOWS TO:A) THE CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL IN THE PARISH OF EAST HARLING;B) THE EAST HARLING PARISH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION; ANDC) FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF EAST HARLINGTHE MINIMUM SHARE RECEIVED SHALL BE 20% OF THE INCOME AVAILABLE UNLESS THE RECEIVING BODY HAS AGREED FOR IT TO BE LOWER.

Area of benefit: EAST HARLING

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Breckland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £42,043.77 against total expenses of £37,541.24, resulting in a positive cash flow for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,999.49 in bank and an additional £5,637.28 in the COIF fund. The trustees report that property rental income is the main source of funds, which are distributed to beneficiaries after covering operational expenses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The income from these properties is the main charity income, and is distributed to the three Beneficiaries on an annual basis after expenses have been covered.” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/03/2024, 42 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £305k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£42k£38k
31/03/2024£37k£25k
31/03/2023£22k£5k
31/03/2022£19k£22k
31/03/2021£11k£11k

Common questions

Is TOWN LANDS (ESTATE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £42,043.77 against total expenses of £37,541.24, resulting in a positive cash flow for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,999.49 in bank and an additional £5,637.28 in the COIF fund. The trustees report that property rental income is the main source of funds, which are distributed to beneficiaries after covering operational expenses.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TOWN LANDS (ESTATE)£42k—0unclear—no doubt
TOWN LANDS CHARITY FY2026£32k—0above—no doubt
TOWN ESTATE (ESTATE TRUSTEES ) FY2025£65k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt
TOWN LANDS CHARITY FY2025£6k—0unclear—no doubt
THOMAS KNOWLES FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.