The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture

Registered charity 1091213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGSKILLS LIMITED

Training

Objects

TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, ADVICE AND INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN AGRICULTURE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £2.17m from £1.35m in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £473,773. The charity holds total reserves of £2,172,330, of which only £15,931 is unrestricted, with the majority held as restricted funds for the Defra grant and learning platform development. The trustees report adequate resources to continue trading for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MATTHEW NAYLORchair
• Alison Jill Greed
• Beverly Joan Dixon
• Guy Moreton
• Jonathan Joseph Florsheim
• Rebecca Rhiannon Margaret Berry
• Richard David Morley
• Richard Longthorp · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Jacob · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Mark Oldfield

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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