THE FARMING COMMUNITY NETWORK

Registered charity 1095919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FARM CRISIS NETWORK, FCN · also registered in Scotland as SC053538 (OSCR)

Supporting members of the farming community who are going through difficult times. Running a confidential, national helpline and e-helpline which is open every day of the year from 7am - 11pm. Working with different stakeholders, including government bodies, agricultural organisations, healthcare services and other "Farming Help" charities, who are critical to the successful outcome of cases.

Objects

3.1 The relief of hardship and distress, amongst persons living and working in the agricultural, horticultural and related communities, by the provision of pastoral and practical support underpinned by a Christian ethos ("the Objects").3.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £402,025 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising by 32% to £1,794,750. Free reserves stood at £1,815,670, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of 12 months of annual expenditure (£473,616). The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dafferns Audit Limited. 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
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Farming Community Network (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~17.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Jane Dixon
• Ciara Catherine Laura Williams
• GILES RICHARD BOWRING · trustee of 3 other charities
• Geoffrey Sansome · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mr Wyn Owen
• Ms Elle Josephine Vercoe-Gibson
• Ms Lucia Patricia Slack
• ROGER MALLABER MERCER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Matthew Neil Jeffrey
• Robert David Walrond
• Stuart Francis Roberts

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UPPER TEESDALE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES.

• UPPER TEESDALE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES income £644k
• REAL FARMING TRUST income £930k
• LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING income £3.2m
• Connection Support income £10.1m
• FARMERS' CHRISTIAN POSTAL SERVICE income £37k
• THE FOSTERING NETWORK income £9.4m

Side by side with its peers

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