FarmAbility

Charity number: 1153282
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Education using the farm environment

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2024

Total income: £456,402
Total expenditure: £362,834

Total income includes £57,055 from 8 government grant(s)

People

7 Trustee(s)

32 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Animals
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Gloucestershire
  • Oxfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 August 2013: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • FARM INSPIRATION TRUST (Previous name)
  • FARMABILITY (Previous name)
  • FIT (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rosalind Warren Chair 16 May 2017
None on record
Helen Saunders Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
Mark David Crosby Trustee 22 January 2024
None on record
Hannah West Trustee 24 October 2023
None on record
Neil Sleight Trustee 27 April 2023
None on record
Lawrence Coupland Trustee 26 April 2022
None on record
Dr Judith Claire Samuel Trustee 01 January 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2020 30/09/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023 30/09/2024
Total gross income £223.69k £210.91k £274.13k £295.82k £456.40k
Total expenditure £224.91k £173.62k £283.83k £320.06k £362.83k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £26.91k £22.78k £11.91k N/A £57.06k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2024 10 March 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2024 10 March 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2023 03 March 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 03 March 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2022 23 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 23 February 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2021 17 March 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 17 March 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2020 21 May 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2020 21 May 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Aug 2013 as amended on 08 Mar 2021

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; 2) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE THROUGH LEARNING ABOUT AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF FARMING, THE COUNTRYSIDE AND INTERACTION WITH ANIMALS AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Contact information

Address:
FarmAbility
1 Abbey Street
Eynsham
WITNEY
Oxfordshire
OX29 4TB
Phone:
07787 412630
Email:
info@farmability.org.uk
Website:

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