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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

MEANWOOD VALLEY URBAN FARM LIMITED 

The farm's objects and principal activities are: leisure and recreation-promoting the benefit of all persons in the locality by providing facilities education and training-advancing environmental education and awareness and the provision of education and training for persons so as to prepare them for any trade, occupation or service.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age and gender

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
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Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23£480£523£-43n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£403£455£-52n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£427£452£-25n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/20£318£372£-54n/an/an/an/an/a460
31/03/19£335£370£-34n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/03/18£390£345£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£336£354£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£331£406£-75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£413£432£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£411£440£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£394£439£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£397£437£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£385£432£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£412£450£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£495£433£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£435£439£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£372£415£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£456£430£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£702£378£324£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£363£356£7£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

www.mvuf.org.uk

ceo@mvuf.org.uk

01132629759

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Leeds Community Foundation£13,987
DCMS£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - HOOF Digital Inclusion Project
£10,000 11/08/2022
Grant to Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Leeds Community Foundation - Growing On
£3,987 14/10/2020
4
Grant to Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 22/09/2020
"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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MVUF Market Garden volunteer program
£10,000 09/12/2019
14
The funding will be used to recruit and support local volunteers to work alongside a team which includes adults who have learning disabilities in running a market garden, where they will learn about, ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/09/1980, number: 510452
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/07/1980, number: 01509788
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 32 days late,
Main office

Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Sugar Well Road
Leeds
LS7 2QG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE MEANWOOD VALLEY LEEDS AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBOURHOODS THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND/OR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND PARTICULARLY OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY, OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3.01-05 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MEANWOOD VALLEY, LEEDS AND ADJACENT NEIGHBOURHOODS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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