LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY FARM

Registered charity 1046563 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY FARM LTD

Lawrence Weston Community Farm is a community-managed project that aims to improve the quality of life for local people and its service users by working with local people and others to provide a range of innovative, exciting, educational, environmental and recreational activities in Lawrence Weston.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£240k
Latest spending
£216k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £23,697 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £240,091 against total expenditure of £216,394. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general fund reserves were £51,366, which falls within the stated policy target range of £50,000 to £90,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £50,000 and £90,000 (held: £51k)
“The Trustees therefore aim to maintain a free cash reserve level between £50,000 and £90,000.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lawrence Weston Community Farm (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£240k£216k
31/03/2024£194k£198k
31/03/2023£146k£207k
31/03/2022£142k£158k
31/03/2021£188k£168k

Common questions

Is LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY FARM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £23,697 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £240,091 against total expenditure of £216,394. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general fund reserves were £51,366, which falls within the stated policy target range of £50,000 to £90,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY FARM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY FARM as a grant recipient include THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, THE NISBET TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2023£134kFarm Volunteering for Health and Learning
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2016£5kA Big Cheet for 30 Years!
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2012£42kBuilding for a better community
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2011£7kCommunity Wildlife Garden @ LWCF
The National Lottery Community Fund21/08/2006£10kLawrence Weston Green Finger Group
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/08/2006£10k"The Project Will Enable This Registered Charity To Get Local People Involved In Gardening And Horticulture At The Group'S Farm. A Community"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2006£250kLawrence Weston Community Farm

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AMBITION LAWRENCE WESTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY FARM£240k—0within—no doubt
AMBITION LAWRENCE WESTON FY2024£2.3m—0above—no doubt
LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
SWANSEA COMMUNITY FARM FY2025£469k—0above—no doubt
WESTWOOD FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
SOCIAL FARMS AND GARDENS FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.