REAL FARMING TRUST
Registered charity 1061607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WINGED HORSE TRUST
The Trust supports farming and food production projects that are economically sound, democratic, socially just, humane to animals, and promote the long-term protection of the biosphere
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £17,356 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £242,491. The trustees confirm that these reserves represent just under eleven months of unrestricted expenditure, satisfying their policy target of nine to twelve months. The filing confirms adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: nine- and twelve-months’ worth of expenditure on unrestricted charitable activities (held: £242k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed should ideally be between nine- and twelve-months’ worth of expenditure on unrestricted charitable activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (63% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Joy Louise O'Neillchair
- Cassie Robinson
- Jack Edward Easton · trustee of 1 other charity
- James Graham Hartzell
- Nicholas Philip Saltmarsh
- Nicola Helen Read
- Richard Gantlett · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rosemary Jessica Lewis
- Sandra Cristina Salazar D'eca
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is REAL FARMING TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £17,356 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £242,491. The trustees confirm that these reserves represent just under eleven months of unrestricted expenditure, satisfying their policy target of nine to twelve months. The filing confirms adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds REAL FARMING TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name REAL FARMING TRUST as a grant recipient include JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION, THE AURORA TRUST, THE MARK LEONARD TRUST, THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
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