WELLGATE COMMUNITY FARM

Registered charity 1091729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROMOTES THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT EAST LONDON AND ESSEX THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION SOCIAL AND THERAPUTIC ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE INFIRMITY DISABLEMENT POVERTY SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Objects

(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN EAST LONDON AND ESSEX, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, INFIRMITY, OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. (B) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, HOMECRAFTS, COUNTRY LIFE, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES ESPECIALLY BY ENCOURAGING REDUCTION, RE-USE AND RECYCLING, AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND IN THE PRINCIPLES OF SELF-DISCIPLINE AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY 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) PROMOTE AMONG THE PUBLIC HUMANITY AND MORALITY BY ADVANCING EDUCATION IN THE CARE AND CONSIDERATION FOR ALL ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION SO THAT THE PUBLIC AND PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER MEMBERS THEREOF WILL LEARN GREATER AWARENESS OF AND APPRECIATION FOR SUCH ANIMALS. (D) PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, SO AS TO PREPARE THEM FOR ANY TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE AND THEREBY ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVELIHOOD. (E) RELIEVE PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED OR DISABLED OR DEPRIVED PERSONS BY THE PROVISION, AS REMEDIAL RECREATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY, OF FACILITIES, INCLUDING HORSE AND PONY RIDING AND GARDENING, SUBJECT, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TO THE CONSENT OF THE MEDICAL ADVISORS OF ALL SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: WITHIN EAST LONDON AND ESSEX

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £227,568 against total expenditure of £227,574. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £103,735, which is above their stated policy target of a minimum of £51,774 (three months of running costs). However, the trustees note that core costs are increasing and without an increase in funding, they will struggle to maintain current service levels.

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 5 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 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04370324

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.

• UNDERWOOD, Sian Megan — director, appointed 02/04/2026on trustee list
• MORAN, Julia — director, appointed 20/01/2025on trustee list
• MACKENZIE, Christine Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/12/2024on trustee list
• HANMORE, Kirsty Marie — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• SNELL, Rebecca Ann — director, appointed 01/03/2017on trustee list
• ROWLEY, Clare Ellen — director, appointed 04/10/2014on trustee list
• WEBB, Stephen James — director, appointed 04/05/2006on trustee list
• GEARY, Victoria Elizabeth — director, appointed 04/05/2006on trustee list
• GAYLER, Roger Kenneth, Reverend — director, appointed 08/02/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev ROGER KENNETH GAYLERchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Christine Elizabeth Mackenzie
• Clare Ellen Rowley
• Julia Moran · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirsty Marie Hanmore
• Rebecca Snell
• STEPHEN WEBB
• Sian Underwood
• VICTORIA GEARY

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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