Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

SCRUBDITCH CARE FARM

We advance the education of adults and young people with learning difficulties, challenging behaviours, or mental health problems through the provision of training and experience in agriculture, horticulture and other related skills. We develop the capacity and skills of the beneficiaries so they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£151£144£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£230£117£113n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£99£97£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£118£76£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£87£49£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£69£50£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£50£38£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£35£33£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£21£24£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£47£25£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.scrubditchcarefarm.org.uk

info@scrubditchcarefarm.org.uk

01285895790

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
£10,000 07/07/2023
Scrubditch Care Farm 2023-4
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£1,888 16/11/2021
Dementia Days' outdoor activities
National Lottery Community Fund - Feel Good Farming - Dementia Days
£2,988 11/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to run therapeutic farming days for people living with dementia and their families. The project aims to improve wellbeing and self-confidence.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Scrubditch Care Farm
£10,000 26/09/2018
construction of a farm building, parking and track for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Cirencester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scrubditch Care Farm
£10,000 14/03/2018
24
towards two years' salaries of support workers at a farm in Gloucestershire that works with young people with learning disabilities and mental health issues
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 14/02/2018
Scrubditch Care Farm Expansion Appeal
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scrubditch Care Farm
£5,000 09/06/2016
12
towards one year's salary of the Manager at a project providing support to learning disabled adults in Gloucestershire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scrubditch Care Farm
£5,000 13/06/2013
towards one year's running costs of the Care Farm in Gloucestershire that provides activities for people with learning difficulties, mental health problems and challenging behaviour
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 61-68
  • EMMA COSTLEY-WHITE (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • KATHRYN TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lawyer
  • NICHOLAS ANGUS MR Appointed: 2020
  • SUSAN DOROTHY GILLING Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • TRISTRAM CHARNLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/08/2013, number: 1153460
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/02/2013, number: 08399833
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Scrubditch Care Farm
North Scrubditch
North Cerney
CIRENCESTER
Gloucestershire
GL7 7FE

Objectives

(1) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURS, OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS (THE BENEFICIARIES) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND OTHER RELATED SKILLS;(2) DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE BENEFICIARIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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