THE TOWN LANDS — grant history

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Latest income

£171k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£171k

Accounts grants total

£200k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Applications need to be received by the third week of the previous month in order to be distributed to the Trustees, with the Agenda, for consideration at their next meeting.
Deadlines: Applications need to be received by the third week of the previous month in order to be distributed to the Trustees, with the Agenda, for consideration at their next meeting.
What they don’t fund: Local in this case is strictly defined as within the Beccles Town Boundary and grants and assistance can only be provided to people within that area (basically covered by the postcode NR34 9).

Summarised from www.becclestownlandscharity.org.uk · becclestownlandscharity.org.uk/grants/ on 13/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Disability (3 grantees)
Recreation (3 grantees)
Education/training (3 grantees)
Amateur Sport (2 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (1 grantee)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Suffolk (4 grantees)
Cambridgeshire (1 grantee)
Newham (1 grantee)
Norfolk (1 grantee)
Surrey (1 grantee)
West Sussex (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	Beccles Public Hall	—	£50k
new	Beccles Scouts & Guides	—	£39k
new	BECCLES CENTRE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE	—	£20k
new	CUSTOM HOUSE AND CANNING TOWN COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROJECT	—	£12k
new	Beccles Rowing Club	—	£10k
new	Thirst Youth Group	—	£10k
new	759 Beccles Squadron Air Cadets	—	£10k
new	Beccles & District Museum	—	£8k
not listed	BECCLES LIDO LIMITED	£25k	—
not listed	Salvation Army Beccles	£9k	—
not listed	Waveney Stardust	£4k	—
not listed	Other	£3k	—
not listed	Beccles Library	£2k	—
not listed	Friends of Albert Pye	£2k	—
not listed	Parish	£2k	—
not listed	The Forget Me Not's (Crawley)	£2k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Beccles Public Hall	FY2025	£50k	Refurbishment of facilities
Beccles Scouts & Guides	FY2025	£39k	Purchase of minibus
The May Centre	FY2025	£20k	Purchase of minibus
St Lukes	FY2025	£12k	Double sculling boat
Beccles Rowing Club	FY2025	£10k	Activities
Thirst Youth Group	FY2025	£10k	Purchase of equipment
759 Beccles Squadron Air Cadets	FY2025	£10k	Activities
Beccles & District Museum	FY2025	£8k	Purchase of van
Aspergers Beccles	FY2025	£7k	Floodlights
Beccles Tennis Club	FY2025	£6k	Activities
Beccles Lido	FY2024	£25k	Beccles Lido kitchen
Salvation Army Beccles	FY2024	£9k	Salvation Army Beccles
Waveney Stardust	FY2024	£4k	Waveney Stardust
Other	FY2024	£3k	Other
Beccles Library	FY2024	£2k	Beccles Library roof blinds
Friends of Albert Pye	FY2024	£2k	Friends of Albert Pye
Parish	FY2024	£2k	Parish minibus repairs
Forget-me-Nots	FY2024	£2k	Forget-me-Nots
Beccles Library	FY2024	£1k	Beccles Library tables and chairs
Sir John Leman High School	FY2023	£17k	Support with theatre curtains and equipment
Parish of Beccles	FY2023	£14k	Support with food for parishioners
Fox & Hounds Social Club	FY2023	£6k	Support with club activities
Beccles Library	FY2023	£5k	Tables and chairs
Beccles Disability Football	FY2023	£5k	Support with youth activities
Beccles Bombers Basketball Club	FY2023	£4k
Beccles Caxton Football Club	FY2023	£3k	Minibus appeal
Individual youth grant to complete at weightlifting world championships	FY2023	£3k
Beccles Amateur Sailing Club	FY2023	£3k	Support with clubhouse floor repairs
Beccles Society of Artists	FY2023	£800	Support with exhibition
Thirst Youth Hub	FY2022	£19k	Support with youth activities
Fenland Charity Trust	FY2022	£15k	Damaged avenue gates to Beccles common
Hungate Church	FY2022	£10k	Assistance with repairs
St Michael's Church	FY2022	£10k	South porch repairs
Sir John Leman High School	FY2022	£10k	Lighting for theatre
Beccles Royales Gymnastics Club	FY2022	£8k	Support with club activities
Parish of Beccles	FY2022	£8k	Support with food for parishioners
Beccles Library	FY2022	£7k	Refurbishment of childrens area
Asperger East Anglia	FY2022	£5k	Support with 2021/22 activities
The Broads Trust	FY2022	£5k	Beccles Quay discovery hub
Beccles Business and Tourism Association	FY2022	£3k	Sign boards in town centre
Team Waveney Swimming Club	FY2022	£3k	Support with club activities
Beccles Comfort Food	FY2022	£2k	Hot meal support for families
Waveney Centre	FY2022	£2k	Signage and fire alarm system
Beccles Bombers Basketball Club	FY2022	£2k	Support with club actitvities

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 171213 vs reference 199896 (14.3% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.