Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 19

OUSEBURN FARM CHARITY LIMITED

Ouseburn Farm, situated in the East End of Newcastle, is a free visitor attraction that boasts an award winning environmentally friendly visitor centre, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, meadows, ponds and woodlands.The Farm offers training to vulnerable adults, volunteering opportunities for local people and a range of activities for families and schoolchildren.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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	£445	£442	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	293
31/03/22	£403	£401	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/03/21	£430	£358	£72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	79
31/03/20	£563	£551	£12	£25	£13	£13	0.3	14	29
31/03/19	£495	£507	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/18	£431	£424	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£343	£361	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£290	£290	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£293	£270	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£318	£268	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£227	£227	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£96	£96	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.ouseburnfarm.org.uk

info@ouseburnfarm.org.uk

01912658621

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Animals
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Newcastle Upon Tyne City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
293 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£218,837
Garfield Weston Foundation	£80,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£12,528
Crisis UK	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Together
£9,476	23/09/2022	The funding will be used to build on their existing work with homeless people and engage them to create a minimum of five group-based gardening/community improvement projects. This will provide peer ....more The funding will be used to build on their existing work with homeless people and engage them to create a minimum of five group-based gardening/community improvement projects. This will provide peer volunteer opportunities to help ensure the projects sustainability and involve horticultural and gardening activities. The aim of the project is to help reengage participants back into their communities improve their confidence skills social networks training/employment opportunities and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Care Farming for Adults with Learning Disabilities in Newcastle
£119,518	20/07/2022	The funding will be used to contribute towards staff costs and overheads to achieve the aim of being a centre of excellence/ competency centre for UK care farming total project cost £536027.OFCL was ....more The funding will be used to contribute towards staff costs and overheads to achieve the aim of being a centre of excellence/ competency centre for UK care farming total project cost £536027.OFCL was set up in 1976 when parents from Byker took over a plot of land located in the urban heart of Newcastle’s East End with the aim of allowing access to nature growing food and taking care of animals. The Farm was forced to close in 2002 renovated reopened as Ouseburn Farm in 2009. In 2017 the farm faced bankruptcy and was rescued from closure by crowdfunding through the community and local business support.
County Durham Community Foundation - Core Funding
£450	13/07/2022	To support the work of the charity.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000	08/07/2022	Ouseburn Farm Core Funding Application
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Ouseburn Farm Charity Limited
£7,360	20/01/2022	Supporting disadvantaged primary-age children through a pilot project of animal assisted therapy in Newcastle
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000	25/06/2021	Ouseburn Farm Core Funding Application
Crisis UK - Grant to Ouseburn Farm
£5,000	09/04/2020	Costs of running service to hostel residents with additional food costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Accessible Community Farmyard
£9,807	03/04/2020 2	The funding will be used to improve the car park facilities at the community farm. This will enhance the accessibility to the venues activities training and volunteering opportunities for vulnerable ....more The funding will be used to improve the car park facilities at the community farm. This will enhance the accessibility to the venues activities training and volunteering opportunities for vulnerable groups including people with disabilities mobility issues and older people.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Purchasing and installing an accessible potting shed at the visitor centre in Newcastle.
£3,000	22/01/2020	Purchasing and installing an accessible potting shed at the visitor centre in Newcastle.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Running costs and equipment for the 'Growing Together' project supporting vulnerable adults in Newcastle.
£5,168	04/12/2019	Running costs and equipment for the 'Growing Together' project supporting vulnerable adults in Newcastle.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ouseburn Farm Volunteering
£80,036	18/07/2019 24	The funding will provide a volunteering scheme for, but not exclusively, people with physical or learning disabilities, involving them in activities around agriculture and other areas of the farm.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	28/05/2019	Ouseburn Farm Charity Core Funding
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Growing Together
£5,990	12/12/2018	Growing Together
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Strong
£34,465	19/06/2018 12	The group will provide a programme to help adults with learning disabilities develop skills and experience to progress towards volunteering, training or work. The project will improve accessibility ....more The group will provide a programme to help adults with learning disabilities develop skills and experience to progress towards volunteering, training or work. The project will improve accessibility to the farm and bring the community together for events and activities so that adults with learning disabilities can develop social networks and increase their self-esteem.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£3,500	20/07/2016	Integrated projects for people with disabilities and vulnerable adults to develop skills, as well as environmental & heritage education for schools.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-65

CATHERINE ANNE KIRKHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Fundraiser

ESTHER ANNE GILLESPIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

MICHAEL DAVID FIRTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

MICHAEL PETER ROSS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Cfo

NICOLA JANE BRAMLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

PHILLIPPA CATHERINE CHAPLIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Specialist Teacher

RICHARD TURNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Manager

RYAN DAVID HARLAND Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

IAN BROWN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Sustainability Consultant

JENNIFER HARTLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director, Invest Newcastle

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/06/2011, number: 1142593
Registered at Companies House on 16/06/2011, number: 07673069

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
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

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

ST. SILAS CHURCH
CLIFFORD STREET
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE6 1PG

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:A) ADVANCING EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, AGRICULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ART, CRAFT, TRAINING AND WORKSHOP FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.B) RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND WORKSHOP FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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