Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -1

FARMLINK EDUCATION LIMITED

The charity achieves its objectives of advancing the education of school children in the subjects of farming, food production, biodiversity, the rural economy and the study of the environment and ecology, by undertaking a prograqmme of visists to schools by farmers and reciprocal visits by school children to working farms.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23	*	£134	£140	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22		£96	£113	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21		£100	£103	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£155	£124	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19		£121	£134	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	*	£121	£134	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17		£131	£124	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16	*	£99	£110	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/15?	*	£131	£152	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	*	£105	£93	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	*	£88	£79	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	*	£91	£72	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11	*	£74	£63	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10	*	£54	£39	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£48	£49	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08	*	£59	£37	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.farmlink.org.uk

07795467042

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, North Somerset, Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Farmlink
£5,000	13/11/2020	For the production of educational films and core funding for the delivery of the farming educational programme in NS and Bristol inner city schools.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Farmlink
£5,000	05/08/2019	As requested by the donor, towards educating children in farming, food production and biodiversity.
Quartet Community Foundation - FarmLink Delivery
£2,500	15/09/2016 10	Toward the cost of delivering lessons, assemblies and farm visits to children.
Dulverton Trust - core costs
£50,000	08/06/2016	core costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-85

ADRIAN CARNE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Md Yeo Valley

BRIAN KIRKUP Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Retired Head Master/Educationa

JEANETTE READ Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Solicitor

JOHN ALVIS Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Agriculture

MARK POOLEY Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Accountant

MARY JAMES, Occupation: Farmer

NICHOLAS MARTIN GREEN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Farm Operations Director

SIR DAVID JAMES VERNON WILLS BT (Chair)

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2007, number: 1120308
Registered at Companies House on 10/11/2006, number: 05994599

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR23: 58 days late, AR18: 58 days late, AR16: 4 days late, AR15: 200 days late, AR14: 32 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 42 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 178 days late,

Main office

Apartment 74
The Crescent
Hannover Quay
BRISTOL
BS1 5JP

Objectives

ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE SUBJECTS OF FARMING, FOOD PRODUCTION, BIODIVERSITY, THE RURAL ECONOMY AND THE STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL 'NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE'