BATH CITY FARM

Registered charity 1050202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BATH CITY FARM LIMITED

The Farm provides volunteering opportunities, particularly for disadvantaged people and an informal educational environment for children, young people and their families, with an emphasis on healthy living and caring for the environment, we also hold community activities such as evening bat walks. The Farm offers year round open access to the meadows, woodland, wildlife pond and farmyard.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF, AND PERSONS EMPLOYED IN, THE CITY OF BATH AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE BENEFICIARIES) AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER REASSIGNMENT, RELIGION OR BELIEF, MARITAL OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP STATUS, AGE, DISABILITY, OR PREGNANCY AND MATERNITY BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND/OR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE SAID BENEFICIARIES, AND PARTICULARLY YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, HOMECRAFTS, CONSERVATION, COUNTRY LIFE AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND IN THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND SELF-DISCIPLINE, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. C) TO PROMOTE AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT HUMANITY AND MORALITY BY EDUCATING THEM IN CARE AND CONSIDERATION FOR ALL ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION; AND FOR THESE PURPOSES TO CARE FOR AND EXHIBIT ANIMALS IN COMMON AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC USE SO THAT THE PUBLIC, AND PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER MEMBERS THEREOF, WILL LEARN A GREATER AWARENESS OF AND APPRECIATION FOR SUCH ANIMALS. D) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, RESIDENT IN THE SAID AREA OF BENEFIT, SO AS TO PREPARE THEM FOR ANY TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE AND THEREBY ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE OR ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVELIHOOD. E) TO RELIEVE PHYSICALLY OR LEARNING DISABLED INHABITANTS AND THOSE LIVING IN SOCIAL DEPRIVATION WITHIN THE SAID AREA OF BENEFIT AND THOSE LIVING WITH AND RECOVERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS BY PROVIDING AS A REMEDIAL RECREATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY FACILITIES, SUBJECT WHERE APPROPRIATE TO THE CONSENT OF THE MEDICAL ADVISORS OF ALL SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE, BATH AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves excluding fixed assets were £161,622, which equates to two months of running costs, falling below the trustees' policy target of three months. The charity reported a net income surplus of £12,669 for the year, with total income of £1,086,452 and total expenditure of £1,073,783. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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

Accounts audited by Randall & Payne LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03112751

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bath City Farm (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Care UK — “A special thank you to the following business who has named and chosen us at their Charity of the Year: Care UK” (source page)

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.

• MEYNELL, Benjamin Charles — director, appointed 14/08/2025not on trustee list
• EVANS, Corinne Rachel — director, appointed 14/08/2025on trustee list
• LORAN, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 08/10/2024on trustee list
• MAYHEW, Stephen James — director, appointed 10/01/2024on trustee list
• SHEPPARD, William Henry Thomas — director, appointed 01/12/2022on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Michael Alan — director, appointed 20/09/2022on trustee list
• JAMES, Gwen Cordelia — director, appointed 20/09/2022on trustee list
• BUTTON, Christina Shireen — director, appointed 02/12/2019on trustee list
• EGAN, Tamsin — director, appointed 02/10/2019on trustee list
• SOUTHWELL, Joanne — director, appointed 26/02/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Henry Thomas Sheppardchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Amanda Loran
• Ben Meynell
• Christina Shireen Button
• Corinne Evans
• Gwen Cordelia James
• Joanne Southwell
• Michael Alan Williams
• Stephen James Mayhew · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tamsin Egan

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST WERBURGHS CITY FARM.

• ST WERBURGHS CITY FARM income £765k
• HACKNEY CITY FARM LIMITED income £507k
• ORGANICARTS income £73k
• THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD income £1.2m
• LONGMEAD COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED income £77k
• OXFORD CITY FARM income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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