Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

TUPPENNY BARN EDUCATION LIMITED

Tuppenny Barn creates learning experiences for all ages and to promote the benefits of growing, cooking & eating healthy food to children and adults. From hosting school trips & after-school clubs, to workshops and holiday activities, we teach children where food comes from, the benefits of eating healthily food and give them the skills to grow their own. We run a horticulture therapy project.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/04/23£138£158£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/22£159£158£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/21£127£119£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/20£112£103£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/19£89£65£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/18*£72£55£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years
(13 years as a company)

www.tuppennybarn.co.uk

contact@tuppennybarn.co.uk

01243377780

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Sussex Community Foundation£26,353
Postcode Society Trust£20,990
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Henry Smith Charity£18,000
DCMS£13,100
The Foyle Foundation£7,500
CAF£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Tuppeny Barn Education
£7,853 17/11/2023
Funding was provided towards their Children’s Wellbeing Programmes.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 27/03/2023
Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Tupenny Barn Green Therapy
£10,000 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to deliver social and therapeutic horticulture sessions for people experiencing poor mental health or isolation. The project aims to improve their physical and mental wellbeing build friendships and learn practical skills.
Postcode Society Trust - Staff salaries and project running costs
£20,990 27/09/2022
Green therapy offers those with poor mental health, socially isolated, physically impaired or vulnerable, therapy through horticulture.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education Ltd
£5,000 21/07/2022
Funding was provided towards staff and running costs of their programme.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education
£1,263 23/10/2021
We would like to build six cold frames which would be accessible to all and would allow greater interaction with plant growing for our education and horticultural therapy programmes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Nurture in Nature
£10,000 04/06/2021
The funding will be used to continue delivery of a social and horticulture therapy programme which offers those with mental health issues who are socially isolated physically impaired or may be categorised as vulnerable adults therapy through ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education Ltd
£5,000 23/10/2020
11
Funding was provided towards staff costs of an Education Officer.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education Ltd
£5,000 25/08/2020
Tuppenny Barn offers opportunities for children and young people to learn about horticulture, cookery and healthy eating, to foster healthy lifestyles and emotional wellbeing. Their weekly horticultural therapy gardening project supports vulnerable ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 24/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,100 15/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
CAF - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education
£4,000 27/05/2020
3
Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education to support the organisation through COVID19
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education Ltd
£3,500 06/04/2020
Funding is part of the Covid 19 community response to proivde a food parcel delivery service to the most isolated and vulnerable groups in their community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education
£18,000 10/12/2019
24
towards two years salary of the Senior Education Officer at a project providing support to disadvantaged young people in West Sussex
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500 28/11/2019
towards core costs in 2019/20 of this charity delivering educational programmes about growing, cookery and healthy eating
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education Ltd
£5,000 15/03/2019
11
Funding was provided towards core and running costs.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tuppenny Barn Education Ltd
£9,300 08/08/2018
Uncovering and Discovering Our Heritage Collection Orchard
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 57-74
  • DAVID HOLMES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: None
  • HELEN PENFOLD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • TRACIE BANGERT (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
  • ADRIAN PERT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
  • CARLA ALLEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • JONATHAN CLARK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2017, number: 1172846
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/04/2011, number: 07593594
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 6 days late,
Main office

Tuppenny Barn
Main Road
Southbourne
west sussex
PO10 8EZ

Objectives

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN WEST SUSSEX, HAMPSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS ON THE SUBJECTS OF HORTICULTURE, HEALTHY EATING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, INFORMATION AND ADVICE ABOUT:(A) THE CULTIVATION AND HARVESTING OF ORGANIC HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM SUCH PRODUCE); (B) THE COOKING AND EATING OF ORGANIC FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND HERBS; AND(C) SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURAL PRACTICES, CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION OF WATER, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND PROTECTING PLANTS AND WILDLIFE.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN WEST SUSSEX, HAMPSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE ABOUT THE BENEFITS TO MENTAL HEALTH DERIVED FROM ENGAGING IN HORTICULTURE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE PROJECTS.3. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST SUSSEX, HAMPSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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