LEWSEY FARM LEARNING CENTRE

Registered charity 1107130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lewsey Farm Learning Centre Trust aims to enhance the quality of life on Lewsey Farm area by providing various trainings. The key aims and objectives of the Trust: Support the further enhancement of skill levels amongst local people.Provide employment opportunities for local people through training.Create positive impact on the local economy.

Objects

FOR THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, AND IN LUTON AND IN PARTICULAR THE LEWSEY FARM AREA OF LUTON AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.1 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE3.3 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS.3.4 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION.

Area of benefit: BEDFORDSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£54k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the company was entitled to exemptions under the small companies regime and did not require an audit. The net assets decreased slightly from £369,994 to £338,158, driven by a reduction in cash reserves from £31,835 to £14,554.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£54k£42k
31/03/2024£44k£16k
31/03/2023£6k£4k
31/03/2022£6k£23k
31/03/2021£22k£19k

Common questions

Is LEWSEY FARM LEARNING CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the company was entitled to exemptions under the small companies regime and did not require an audit. The net assets decreased slightly from £369,994 to £338,158, driven by a reduction in cash reserves from £31,835 to £14,554.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation22/01/2025£4kLewsey Wellbeing and Warm Spaces club aims to promote healthy eating amongst older people, with social and physical activities.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation14/12/2023£10kKitchen upgrade
UK government17/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2016£10kLewsey Farms English Tea Party
The National Lottery Community Fund09/03/2016£8kREDUCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ENCOURAGING POSITIVE PARENTING
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2015£10kEnglish for Health
The National Lottery Community Fund02/08/2012£10kCommunity Gardening and Conservation Project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2011£10kYouth Action Project