Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 19

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING

The Charity's objects are in the United Kingdom to promote and improve agriculture and raise standards of practice in farm management for the public benefit by the promotion and advancement of the education of farmers and the general public concerning methods of farm management which conserve and enhance the fabric and wildlife of the countryside.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

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
31/03/23		£2,073	£2,206	£-134	£56	£1,185	£755	4.1	35
31/03/22		£2,006	£1,768	£238	£103	£1,303	£1,023	6.9	26
31/03/21		£1,700	£1,376	£324	£101	£1,065	£958	8.3	20
31/03/20		£1,627	£1,600	£27	£129	£736	£667	5	20
31/03/19		£1,454	£1,539	£-85	£92	£714	£654	5.1	19
31/03/18		£1,605	£1,334	£270	£98	£799	£742	6.7	17
31/03/17		£1,038	£1,009	£29	£96	£529	£529	6.3	14
31/03/16		£1,110	£1,029	£81	£157	£500	£500	5.8	14
31/03/15		£970	£965	£5	£93	£414	£398	5	13
31/03/14	*	£1,099	£997	£102	£83	£414	£391	4.7	12
31/03/13		£909	£943	£-34	£62	£312	£312	4	11
31/03/12		£1,015	£939	£76	£61	£346	£346	4.4	11
31/03/11		£893	£926	£-32	£54	£271	£271	3.5	10
31/03/10		£817	£792	£25	£49	£303	£338	5.1	10
31/03/09		£553	£637	£-84	£60	£277	£233	4.4	8
31/03/08		£432	£588	£-156	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/07		£673	£674	£0	£26	£381	£381	6.8	8
31/03/06		£625	£572	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05		£557	£447	£110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£427	£399	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 64%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 29 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

35 employees

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£100,000
Co-Op Foundation	£99,397
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£40,000
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£-8,590

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Op Foundation - Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) CIF project
£99,397	10/05/2022	The grant will enable this organisation to develop five net-zero farms across the four nations and overseas to demonstrate practical knowledge and help farmers achieve the National Farmers’ Union ....more The grant will enable this organisation to develop five net-zero farms across the four nations and overseas to demonstrate practical knowledge and help farmers achieve the National Farmers’ Union target to be net-zero carbon by 2040.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Sus-Ag Project
£-8,590	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=78716
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - LEAF Open Farm Sunday
£20,000	31/03/2021	Open Farm Sundays has a high social value as its main purpose is to educate and inform public about food, farming and the countryside, particularly the role of farming in people's lives and the wider ....more Open Farm Sundays has a high social value as its main purpose is to educate and inform public about food, farming and the countryside, particularly the role of farming in people's lives and the wider economy. Funding will be delivered locally.By funding specifically the promotion prior to the event we are able to maximise the impact of our funding, by allowing LEAF to contact more farmers and raise public awareness, increasing the number of on farm events they are able to run, and the number of members of the public who will be participating. As well as providing materials that make the events run more effectively.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT - LEAF - Open Farm Sunday 2020
£20,000	22/03/2021	Industry reconnection event in which farmers open their farms to the public to demonstrate the role of farming to the general public, in particular families and children
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£100,000	27/03/2020	Core Costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-73

ANA LUZ ROMERO SALCEDO Appointed: 2022

CAROLINE MARY MASON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

CEDRIC WILLIAM PORTER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Consultant/Journalist

EMMA KATHRYN PENNY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Director

IAN ANDREW ASHBRIDGE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Agricultural Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE MAJOR CHARLES HALL MEMORIAL CHARITY FOR THE POOR,

MICHAEL FRANK YOUNG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

PROFESSOR RICHMAL JANE RICKSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professor

SARA CAROLINE EPPEL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Civil Servant

ANGUS JAMES DAVISON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Farmer, Other trusteeship: HAYGROVE COMMUNITY GARDENS,

MR THOMAS MICHAEL CURTIS GREEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST,

PHILIP GRAHAM WYNN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY TRUST, THE HENRY PLUMB FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/04/1995, number: 1045781
Registered at Companies House on 20/03/1995, number: 03035047

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
Internal risk management 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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR14: 76 days late,

Main office

L E A F
Unit 175
Avenue J
Stoneleigh Park
KENILWORTH
CV8 2LG

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND OTHER TYPES OF FARMING AND RAISE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE IN FARM MANAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF FARMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONCERNING METHODS OF FARM MANAGEMENT WHICH CONSERVE AND ENHANCE THE FABRIC AND WILDLIFE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

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