Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

JAMIE'S FARM

Jamie's Farm transforms the lives of vulnerable children between the ages of 10-16 by working closely with our partner schools, providing a combination of 'farming, family and therapy' through a unique residential and follow-up programme. We re-engage children with educational life and enable them to fulfil their potential both in school and the wider social setting.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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
29/02/24£5,165£3,993£1,172£344£7,751£6,35419.15150
28/02/23£3,814£3,301£513£270£6,579£5,84921.34560
28/02/22£3,089£2,882£207£191£6,066£5,35122.34258
28/02/21£2,644£2,080£564£35£5,859£5,13329.63655
29/02/20?£2,788£2,622£167£76£5,296£4,61521.14158
28/02/18£1,810£1,769£41£68£5,013£3,68825230
28/02/17£2,746£1,432£1,314£164£4,971£3,60730.2160
28/02/16£3,329£1,171£2,158£100£3,657£2,73828.1150
28/02/15£1,049£917£132£104£1,499£7419.7100
28/02/14£779£622£157£88£1,367£71913.980
28/02/13*£1,079£582£496£80£1,210£60612.570
28/02/12£598£454£144£69£714£1233.340
28/02/11*£850£341£509£17£570£832.940
28/02/10*£222£161£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 45%
Liabilities/Income: 121%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 19.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years

www.jamiesfarm.org.uk

info@jamiesfarm.org.uk

01225 743 608

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£250,000
The Childhood Trust£175,000
Dulverton Trust£155,000
Wolfson Foundation£90,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£90,000 06/12/2023
Redevelopment of Lower Shockerwick Farm to provide mental health support to vulnerable children and young people
Dulverton Trust - Jamie’s Farm core funding
£105,000 26/10/2023
Jamie’s Farm core funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000 09/10/2023
Lower Shockerwick Farm. Towards purchase and redevelop the new farm near Bath
The Childhood Trust - Equipping disadvantaged children to thrive
£25,000 20/06/2023
The mental health crisis among children is at its worst, with the disadvantaged at the greatest risk. Demand & need for our evidence-based 'Farming, Family, Therapy' programme is greater than ever, at a time when costs are rising for charities. ....more
The Childhood Trust - C-58986
£25,000 28/06/2022
With the challenges brought about by the last two years, the demand and need for our transformative, 'Farming, Family, Therapy' programme is proving greater than ever. Having just welcomed our 10,000th child onto our Farms, help us work with 10,000 ....more
The Childhood Trust - Enabling disadvantaged young people to thrive
£25,000 12/06/2022
Challenges facing disadvantaged young people are at an all time high, meaning the demand & need for our evidence-based 'Farming, Family, Therapy' programme is greater than ever. Your help will make a significant difference to thousands of lives, ....more
Greenwood Place - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£50,000 01/06/2022
Unrestricted funding
The Childhood Trust - Re-connect vulnerable children to a bright future
£25,000 22/06/2021
Help Jamie?s Farm welcome 2,000 children this year to our week-long ?Farming, Family & Therapy? farm visit and follow-up programme. Proven to improve children?s wellbeing, engagement, behaviour & life skills ?the root causes of social & ....more
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000 09/06/2021
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
The Childhood Trust - Jamie's Farm: A fresh start for vulnerable children
£25,000 08/12/2020
Every child deserves a fresh start and the support to thrive in education. Help Jamie?s Farm bring ?Farming, Family, Therapy & Legacy' to 1,400 vulnerable children this year, improving children?s behaviour, engagement, life skills and mental ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£25,204 25/11/2020
12
Grant to Jamie's Farm
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000 21/09/2020
to support specified work
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Funding towards core operational costs underpinning our work with children and young people in Swindon and Wiltshire
£5,000 08/07/2020
35
Contribution to core costs for providing farming related educational activities for young people with a range of additional needs and challenges in Wiltshire.
The Childhood Trust - Jamie's Farm - Cultivating Change
£25,000 03/07/2020
Help Jamie’s Farm's bring ‘Farming, Family, Therapy & Legacy' to 1,400 vulnerable children this year at risk of social & academic exclusion. With pressures exacerbated by COVID-19, our programme improving children's resilience & ....more
Dulverton Trust - Core costs (Covid Resilience)
£50,000 10/06/2020
Core costs (Covid Resilience)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£45,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
The Childhood Trust - Farming, Family, Theraphy and Legacy: 2,000 children
£25,000 10/12/2019
Help Jamie's Farm to bring ?Farming, Family, Therapy & Legacy? to 2,000 vulnerable children each year. We believe all children can thrive in education ? the consequences of exclusion or poor mental wellbeing can be catastrophic if alternative ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£90,000 16/09/2019
36
Towards core operational costs to refine and enhance its ‘Farming, Family, Therapy and Legacy’ model.
The Blagrave Trust - Establishing the Lewes Farm
£45,000 16/07/2019
Establishing Jamie's Farm in Lewes
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000 25/04/2019
towards the Senior Visit Coordinator at the new Lewes site
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£75,000 26/03/2019
Capital developments at a farm in Lewes that provides farm-based learning experiences to vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Funding towards core operational costs underpinning our work in Swindon and Wiltshire
£5,000 26/02/2019
Jamie’s Farm provides a combination of 'farming, family and therapy' through a residential and follow-up programme for vulnerable children aged 10 -16. Working closely with schools, they aim to re-engage children with educational life and enable ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£25,000 04/12/2018
Jamie’s Farm supports 1,350 vulnerable children each year who are at risk of exclusion. Research has indicated there are 43,000 children in need of an intervention like Jamie’s Farm. As such, we feel compelled to extend our reach and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£150,000 21/11/2018
Capital Redevelopment Costs at Jamie's Farm Lewes
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£39,000 23/05/2018
Fund educational & therapeutic activities for young people at risk of social & academic exclusion at a working farm in Monmouth.
Dulverton Trust - Core operational costs
£90,000 14/02/2018
Core operational costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£400,000 08/02/2018
48
Towards the provision of core revenue support for the organisation while it expands and doubles its capacity.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2017
£25,000 05/12/2017
Our powerful mix of Farming, Family & Therapy is equipping vulnerable children to thrive in school and see their futures differently. Children come to our rural farms near Bath, Hereford and Monmouth to live, work, play and grow, and our ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards salaries of CEO & Director of Programmes and Operations
£150,000 20/07/2017
36
Towards the salaries of key staff to continue their work with disadvantaged young people through a transformative week long residential at one of their farms.
The Childhood Trust - Thriving Families
£6,000 19/05/2017
If whole families can experience our mix of ‘Farming, Family & Therapy’ together, we can help the support network around vulnerable children, as well as the children themselves, to thrive. We successfully trialled this approach in ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£132,990 09/02/2017
36
This project will provide farming residential trips and therapy to hard to reach disadvantaged young people. Young people will increase their self-esteem, improve engagment with schools and education and develop more postive attitudes and ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£10,000 07/12/2016
24
Jamie’s Farm enable disadvantaged children (aged 11-16) to thrive academically, socially and emotionally through a unique one-week residential and rigorous follow-up programme, combining ‘Farming, Family and Therapy'. Funding was to support ....more
The EQ Foundation - Grant to JAMIE'S FARM
£15,000 15/11/2016
Big Give Christmas Challenge
The Blagrave Trust - Family Farming and Therapy
£78,000 08/03/2016
To transform the lives of vulnerable children through a unique programme of family, farming and therapy
Tudor Trust - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£25,000 06/11/2015
12
over one year as continuation funding towards the CEO's salary at an organisation providing residential therapeutic farm stays for young people from urban areas in Wales and the South West
LandAid Charitable Trust - Renovation and conversion of farm buildings
£70,000 20/05/2014
Funding of renovation to create a second Jamie's Farm site in Herefordshire, including the provision of accommodation for 12 young people and the conversion of a barn which will be the main communal space with a kitchen and mezzanine to accommodate ....more
LandAid Charitable Trust - Renovation and conversion of farm buildings
£45,000 11/02/2014
Repeat funding of renovation to create a second Jamie's Farm site in Herefordshire, including the provision of accommodation for 12 young people and the conversion of a barn which will be the main communal space with a kitchen and mezzanine to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£50,000 24/06/2013
24
over two years towards the CEO's salary at a residential therapeutic farm near Bath which works with young people from urban areas
Dulverton Trust - core costs and organisational development
£75,000 27/02/2013
core costs and organisational development
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Jamie's Farm
£207,765 05/07/2012
Towards transforming the lives of hard-to-reach children from challenging, inner city backgrounds by providing an intensive combination of farming activities and emotional support.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards farming experience for inner city children
£15,000 12/02/2010
Towards a farming experience for inner city children at risk of truancy and behavioural problems.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How do they operate?

Jamie’s Farm programme

Objectives: Disadvantaged children are better equipped to thrive in education and see their futures more positively

Description: Jamie’s Farm uniquely combines farming, family and therapy into a 5-day residential with a focus on giving children time and space to reflect, to renew and determine a new path for themselves. We do this by creating an environment where they feel respected, and are given opportunities to display their talents and show responsibility

Jamie’s Farm Continuing Professional Development opportunities

Objectives: Education professionals benefit from Jamie's Farm training within a school context

Description: Jamie’s Farm staff train the farm methodology within the school context, offering Continuing Professional Development opportunities to teachers

Who works here?

  • JAMIE FEILDEN
    CEO
Jamie graduated from the University of Edinburgh and taught History at Haling Manor School in Croydon from 2003. He worked in the Teach First office as part of the recruitment team from 2005 to 2008, focusing on the Jamie’s Farm project during his holidays and weekends. Jamie now manages the farming, fundraising and finance functions of the charity, as well as driving growth strategy.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-78
  • FLAVIAN OBIERO Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Director
  • MARK ROPER Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Director
  • PETER ALEXANDER CLEGG Appointed: 2009 Occupation: Architect
Peter established the architectural firm Feilden Clegg Bradley with Richard Feilden, CEO Jamie’s father, in 1978. The practice has since become extremely well established, winning the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2008 for Accordia in Cambridge, the first ever residential development to win the award. Peter was educated at Cambridge and Yale and he is....more
  • PHILIP PERCIVAL Appointed: 2014 Occupation: Fund Manager
  • RODERICK MACKINLAY JAMES Appointed: 2009 Occupation: Architect
  • REBECCA BOOMER-CLARK Appointed: 2019 Occupation: Director Of Education
  • SARAH ELIZABETH BRENNAN (Chair) Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Director
  • SIAN PARRY Appointed: 2015 Occupation: Head Of Fil Foundations
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/2009, number: 1129544
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/02/2009, number: 06820259
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR13: 25 days late, AR11: 29 days late, AR10: 196 days late,
Main office

HILL HOUSE FARM
DITTERIDGE
BOX
CORSHAM
SN13 8QA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACHIEVEMENT WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AND INDEPENDENT AS MATURE INDIVIDUALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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