FARMLINK EDUCATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1120308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity achieves its objectives of advancing the education of school children in the subjects of farming, food production, biodiversity, the rural economy and the study of the environment and ecology, by undertaking a prograqmme of visists to schools by farmers and reciprocal visits by school children to working farms.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£135k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £4,861 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £51,042 to £46,181. The trustees confirm the charity is financially secure and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £100,000 in liquid unrestricted funds (free reserves) (held: £38k)

“The Charity’s reserves policy is to hold £100,000 in liquid unrestricted funds (free reserves)” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FarmLink (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

SIR DAVID JAMES VERNON WILLS BTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
BRIAN KIRKUP
Jeanette Read
John Alvis · trustee of 1 other charity
MARK POOLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
MARY JAMES
Nicholas Martin Green · trustee of 2 other charities
Richard Cooksley

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · North Somerset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£135k	£140k
31/08/2024	£134k	£143k
31/08/2023	£134k	£140k
31/08/2022	£96k	£113k
31/08/2021	£100k	£103k

Common questions

Is FARMLINK EDUCATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £4,861 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £51,042 to £46,181. The trustees confirm the charity is financially secure and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FARMLINK EDUCATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FARMLINK EDUCATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE NISBET TRUST, THE DICKINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2023	£8k
THE DICKINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k	The Relief of Those in Need
THE DICKINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Other Charitable Purposes
THE DICKINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Relief of those in Need
THE DICKINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	The Relief of those in Need