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Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust

Registered charity 1098519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NUFFIELD FARMING SCHOLARSHIP TRUST

To give study grants to suitable candidates working in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, countryside management and related activities, including the publication of reports to disseminate findings and associated conferences and activities.

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Latest income
£804k
Latest spending
£929k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £124,485 for the year ended 5 April 2025, a figure the trustees describe as unsustainable in the medium term. Despite this operational loss, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £1,388,018, which it relies on to continue running a year-on-year deficit. The trustees have set a priority to reduce the deficit to zero over the next 2 to 3 years through efficiencies and increased sponsorship costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustees received bursaries
“During the year, two trustees were paid bursaries totalling £8,000 (2024: none). Transactions are at arm’s length and under the same terms as other scholars in the scholarship programme.” — page 45
“During the year, thirteen trustees made donations totalling £1,950 (2024: ten trustees totalling £1,200).” — page 45
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees made donations
“During the year, two trustees were paid bursaries totalling £8,000 (2024: none). Transactions are at arm’s length and under the same terms as other scholars in the scholarship programme.” — page 45
“During the year, thirteen trustees made donations totalling £1,950 (2024: ten trustees totalling £1,200).” — page 45
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Albert Goodman LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£804k
Total spending
£929k
Cost of raising funds
£11k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~17.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£804k£929k
05/04/2024£662k£596k
05/04/2023£675k£492k
05/04/2022£646k£548k
05/04/2021£322k£273k

Common questions

Is Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £124,485 for the year ended 5 April 2025, a figure the trustees describe as unsustainable in the medium term. Despite this operational loss, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £1,388,018, which it relies on to continue running a year-on-year deficit. The trustees have set a priority to reduce the deficit to zero over the next 2 to 3 years through efficiencies and increased sponsorship costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Albert Goodman LLP.

Who funds Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust as a grant recipient include DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUST, YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST, CHK Foundation, CLAN TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUSTFY2022£28k2022 Scholar
YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYFY2022£17k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£16k
YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYFY2024£16k
DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUSTFY2025£16kNuffield Farming Scholarship Trust
DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUSTFY2024£15kScholarship
YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYFY2023£15k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£13k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£13k
CHK FoundationFY2024£10k
YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYFY2025£8kGrants to institutions/organisations
CLAN TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£1k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION1—
THE AURORA TRUST1£144k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION1£60k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST1£40k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED1£29k
Mercer Family Charitable Foundation1£22k
THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP1£9k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NUFFIELD INTERNATIONAL FARMING SCHOLARSHIPS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust£804k——unclear—no doubt
NUFFIELD INTERNATIONAL FARMING SCHOLARSHIPS FY2025£294k—0unclear—noted
ASSOCIATION OF SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS FY2025£160k—0below—no doubt
THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025£2.5m—1below—no doubt
NORTH DEVON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025£325k—0below—material uncertainty
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.