Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

FARM AFRICA LIMITED

Farm Africa is an international non-governmental organisation whose vision is of a prosperous rural Africa. Our aim is to reduce poverty permanently by unleashing African farmers' abilities to grow their incomes and manage their natural resources sustainably.

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Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually 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:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Established: 39 years

www.farmafrica.org

info@farmafrica.org

0207 430 0440

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£14,716	£14,609	£107	£659	£6,308	£1,915	1.6	185	1
31/12/21	£12,362	£11,704	£658	£701	£6,225	£1,009	1	200	0
31/12/20	£10,368	£12,531	£-2,163	£644	£5,567	£1,442	1.4	223	0
31/12/19	£15,495	£15,010	£485	£792	£7,730	£1,365	1.1	262	20
31/12/18	£18,061	£16,344	£1,717	£869	£6,478	£17	0	285	20
31/12/17	£14,716	£16,446	£-1,730	£766	£4,617	£966	0.7	278	0
31/12/16	£17,900	£16,511	£1,389	£904	£6,166	£1,644	1.2	236	0
31/12/15	£12,145	£12,683	£-538	£1,599	£4,716	£2,288	2.2	219	0
31/12/14	£13,784	£12,957	£827	£1,922	£4,864	£1,918	1.8	223	0
31/12/13	£12,822	£12,510	£312	£1,752	£4,037	£1,170	1.1	239	0
31/12/12	£11,055	£11,339	£-284	£1,316	£3,725	£1,176	1.2	265	0
31/12/11	£11,174	£10,035	£1,139	£956	£4,009	£1,479	1.8	247	0
31/12/10	£8,225	£7,522	£703	£965	£2,870	£540	0.9	210	0
31/12/09	£7,177	£6,846	£331	£1,331	£2,167	£448	0.8	205	0
31/12/08	£6,483	£6,371	£112	£1,121	£1,836	£416	0.8	228	0
31/12/07	£6,124	£7,924	£-1,800	£1,970	£1,724	£330	0.5	24	0
31/12/06	£8,065	£7,655	£411	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£6,770	£6,784	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£5,892	£5,149	£743	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 30%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 11.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Congo (Democratic Republic), Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

185 employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Farm Africa
£5,000	07/11/2023	Donation from Gavin Gemmell Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Farm Africa
£5,000	30/09/2022	Donation from Gavin Gemmell Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Farm Africa
£5,000	02/11/2021	Donation from Gavin Gemmell. Climate change.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Farm Africa
£3,000	27/05/2021	Donation from Gavin Gemmell
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Farm Africa
£2,500	06/08/2020	Donation from Gavin Gemmell - annual and covid
Comic Relief - Sustainable Production and Marketing of Forest Products
£755,646	27/01/2016 36	The project will respond to poverty and high deforestation rates in western Ethiopia by supporting communities to create forest management co-operatives that make legal agreements with the government ....more The project will respond to poverty and high deforestation rates in western Ethiopia by supporting communities to create forest management co-operatives that make legal agreements with the government to conserve the forest and use its resources sustainably. The co-operatives will develop incense and honey value chains to increase household incomes and participation of women and young people. Two enterprises to market incense and honey are project partners, together with two civil society organisations who specialise in community training and women's leadership and life skills. The project will build their capacity and demonstrate the viability of Ethiopia's participatory forest management policy.
National Lottery Community Fund - Nutrition awareness and cash crops value chain project
£489,597	29/04/2015 36	Nutrition awareness and cash crops value chain project
Dulverton Trust - Youth Empowerment through Sustainable Agriculture (YESA)
£40,000	24/10/2012	Youth Empowerment through Sustainable Agriculture (YESA)
National Lottery Community Fund - Poultry Production & Marketing Project
£470,961	01/08/2012 36	This project, based in the Kitui District of Kenya, aims to improve livelihoods of 3,000 smallholder farmers and their families by organising the farmers into groups and providing them with training ....more This project, based in the Kitui District of Kenya, aims to improve livelihoods of 3,000 smallholder farmers and their families by organising the farmers into groups and providing them with training to increase poultry production. It will also help the groups to develop profitable market links for their poultry products through contract farming, so farmers have access to guaranteed markets and a regular source of income. The increased production will also give farmers a more secure source of food.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 49-85

ANTHONY JONATHAN REIZENSTEIN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer

CAROLINE MAISIE MILLER SMITH Appointed: 2022

JAN BONDE NIELSEN Appointed: 1987, Occupation: Company Director

JANE NGIGE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo Kenya Horticulture Council

JULIAN DAVID MARKS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

KENNETH MATHIESON CALDWELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeships: OXFAM, BRAC UK,

LAKETCH MIKAEL Appointed: 2016

NICK ALLEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Finance

SERENA MARIE BROWN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Corporate Citizenship

TIM SMITH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Group Quality Director At Tesco Plc.

VICTORIA UNWIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Writer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/08/1985, number: 326901
Registered at Companies House on 27/06/1985, number: 01926828

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE ORIGIN CHARITY on 22/09/2021

Main office

Farm Africa Ltd
3-5 Bleeding Heart Yard
LONDON
EC1N 8SJ

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND HERDERS BY ENABLING THEM TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES (2) TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FOOD PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION AND CONDUCT RESEARCH AND TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ENCOURAGE SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN HUSBANDRY. (3) TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY AND THE PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF DISEASE THEREIN. (4) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN, AND THE FURTHERING OF THE INTERESTS OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND INDUSTRIES ALLIED THERETO. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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