Edible culture operative

Registered charity 1076110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEFFIELD ORGANIC FOOD INITIATIVE, SOFI, SOFI TRUST (SOFT), ediculture

Edible culture operative is a charitable trust set up to promote growing local food, foraging and permaculture for resilience, education, health and the alleviation of poverty.We work with people of all ages to help them engage in a healthy relationship with the natural world.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONGST THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTER RELATING TO FOOD CULTURE AND FORAGING

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £8,206.42 for the period ending 31 December 2024, with total income of £54,136.95 and expenditure of £45,930.53. The trustees confirm that the charity has stayed within its stated policy on minimum and maximum reserves, and the filing was approved on 12/02/2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy chyba
• Ben Spice
• STEPHEN WATTS

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

Operates in: Cardiff · City Of Swansea · Neath Port Talbot · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Vale Of Glamorgan · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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