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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

NUFFIELD FARMING SCHOLARSHIP TRUST

To give study grants to suitable candidates working in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, countryside management and related activities, including the publication of reports to disseminate findings and associated conferences and activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
05/04/23£675£492£183£8£3,217£1,30531.80400
05/04/22£646£548£98£6£3,333£1,48332.50400
05/04/21*£322£273£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20£945£583£362£68£2,858£1,54731.90400
05/04/19*£1,661£439£1,222£21£2,630£1,26934.700
05/04/18£956£840£116£9£1,455£1,15916.600
05/04/17£457£468£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16£418£372£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/15£560£300£260£5£1,172£93237.300
05/04/14£390£302£89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/13*£361£397£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/12£304£325£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/11£308£306£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/10*£255£249£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/09£308£282£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/08*£308£278£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/07?*£243£236£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/05*£268£251£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/04£779£148£631n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 77%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 41%
Reserves/Spending: 31.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.nuffieldscholar.org

office@nuffieldscholar.org

07919030055

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 20/11/2020
COVID-19: NFST business and mental resilience project September 2020
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust
£18,050 06/01/2020
4
Towards the development of a communications strategy that would allow the Trust to share widely its knowledge and examples of best practice in agriculture.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-66
  • ANNA BOWEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Farm Business Consultant And Dairy Farmer
  • CHRISTOPHER PAUL TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Agronomist
  • DAVID ALAN ROSE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Farmer
  • DAVID ANDREW GARDNER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Agriculturalist
  • DR JENNA LOUISE ROSS OBE Appointed: 2022
  • JAMES BASIL BAIRD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Farmer
  • JOANNA SPEED Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Farmer
  • LUCY CAROLINE MACLENNAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
  • NICOLAS HUGH SNELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director
  • PATRICIA JANE MARY MUNRO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Farming Consultant
  • PROFESSOR THOMAS CHARLES MACMILLAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Academic
  • TANYA ROBBINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Farmer
  • TOM RAWSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Dairy Farmer
  • WYN OWEN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Organisational Development Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/07/2003, number: 1098519
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/06/2003, number: 04787639
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 44 days late, AR19: 35 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR10: 4 days late, AR08: 48 days late, AR07: 165 days late, AR05: 55 days late,
Main office

Bullbrook
West Charlton
Charlton Mackrell
Somerset
TA11 7AL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD AND TO ADVANCE THE STANDARD OF FARMING (INCLUDING THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED TOPICS) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO PERSONS WHO FULFIL THE CONDITIONS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 4 OF THE GOVERNING DOCUMENT TO ENABLE THEM TO STUDY THE PRACTICES AND TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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