Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

MILLENNIUM FARM TRUST

Millennium Farm Trust provides supported work and training opportunities and programmes in agriculture, horticulture and rural skills for adults with additional needs, people recovering their mental health or those with an acquired brain injury at Depden Care Farm, their six acre care smallholding in Suffolk.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 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

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	*	£255	£241	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£270	£214	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£326	£195	£132	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/20		£226	£218	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
31/03/19		£144	£137	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	37
31/03/18	*	£144	£137	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£123	£89	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£66	£70	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£48	£38	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£32	£23	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£20	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£28	£25	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£26	£23	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£23	£28	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£32	£25	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£24	£28	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£30	£23	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£20	£27	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£15	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£11	£22	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.depden.com

tim@depden.com

01284 851013

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Millennium Farm Trust
£8,310	23/09/2021 12	towards capital costs of a community farm which provides learning and work opportunities for people with learning disabilities or mental health issues living in Suffolk.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Safe Spaces at Depden Care Farm
£65,464	09/10/2020 5	Depden Care Farm aims to encourage adults with disabilities to gain confidence/skills and enjoy time learning about horticulture and animal care with other participants and volunteers in the hopes of ....more Depden Care Farm aims to encourage adults with disabilities to gain confidence/skills and enjoy time learning about horticulture and animal care with other participants and volunteers in the hopes of reducing feelings of isolation and loneliness. Funding for the group will enable them to continue to support beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP3 - Minds To Mend
£49,790	25/06/2018 11	The group will encourage people with mental health issues and complex needs to take part in activities on a farm. Working on a farm with the animals and crops will help people regain confidence, ....more The group will encourage people with mental health issues and complex needs to take part in activities on a farm. Working on a farm with the animals and crops will help people regain confidence, build personal resilience and develop social skills. It can also help them move into employment and participate in more community activities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-79

PETER ROBERT EASTON TURNER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

ANDREW MARSHALL HUNTER Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Healthcare Manager

AMANDA JANE O'NEILL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: College Tutor

HELEN WILSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

JEREMY MASSEY (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

LOUISA WELLS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Banking Relationship Manager

NICOLA ANNE HUNTER Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Healthcare Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/1998, number: 1070145
Registered at Companies House on 20/05/1998, number: 03567659

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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

20 returns made; AR23: 27 days late, AR18: 44 days late, AR16: 29 days late, AR14: 112 days late, AR13: 75 days late, AR08: 8 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Rookery Farm
Depden
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
IP29 4BU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND / OR LEARNING DISABILITIES BY GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING WORK EXPERIENCE AND WORK OR EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE , HORTICULTURE AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND IN THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP SO THAT SUCH PERSONS CAN DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL , MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUFFOLK

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