WWOOF (WORLD WIDE OPPORTUNITIES ON ORGANIC FARMS)

Registered charity 1126220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to educate and inspire in the principles of sustainable living - especially of organic farming and growing - by facilitating immersive experiences between practitioners and those seeking to learn.

Objects

To advance the education of the public in the principles of sustainable living, including but not limited to organic farming and growing, by facilitating immersive experiences between practitioners and those seeking to learn.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

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Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£123k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £21,507 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £259,716. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is considered substantial and exceeds the charity's stated policy target. The trustees express confidence in the charity's financial position and future resilience.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable Activities (Membership) (94% of income)
“Charitable Activities (Membership): 94.4% (£136,551)” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 65% of last year’s actual expenditure (held: £260k)
“The Board of Trustees has examined the charity’s requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be 65% of last year’s actual expenditure.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£145k£123k
31/03/2024£163k£125k
31/03/2023£118k£92k
31/03/2022£121k£80k
31/03/2021£111k£98k

Common questions

Is WWOOF (WORLD WIDE OPPORTUNITIES ON ORGANIC FARMS) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £21,507 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £259,716. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is considered substantial and exceeds the charity's stated policy target. The trustees express confidence in the charity's financial position and future resilience. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHIRLOW HALL FARM TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WWOOF (WORLD WIDE OPPORTUNITIES ON ORGANIC FARMS)£145k—0unclear—no doubt
WHIRLOW HALL FARM TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025£7.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£24.9m——within—no doubt
GIVE. HELP. SHARE. FY2026£243k—0above—no doubt
THE MAGDALEN ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FY2025£754k—0unclear—no doubt

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