Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

FARMCORNWALL 

The charity provides advice and support to farming families through the services of a Farm and Rural Outreach Worker(1) to prevent and relieve poverty or financial hardship, and to relieve sickness and preserve health, amongst farmers, their families and workers primarily through the provision of advice and support; and(2) to relieve and prevent the suffering of animals,
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 9 years

www.farmcornwall.co.uk

mail@farmcornwall.co.uk

01736 367589

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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
31/07/22£102£96£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21£109£66£43n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20£67£66£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/19£70£54£16n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/18£65£52£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£30£31£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£10£5£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 29/10/2021
FarmCornwall
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 16/04/2019
FarmCornwall

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2015, number: 1162845
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Farm Cornwall
Barn B, Hendra
Tremethick Cross
PENZANCE
Cornwall
TR20 8UD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:- (1) TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AND TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE HEALTH, AMONGST FARMERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND WORKERS PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT; AND (2) TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WITHIN CORNWALL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARTICULARLY WITHIN CORNWALL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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