WILDGOOSE RURAL TRAINING

Registered charity 1142201 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOP BARN TRAINING CENTRE

Providing training, education and therapeutic opportunities in land based subjects via activities and courses designed for adults with disablities and young people who find the challenges of schooling difficult. We aim to reconnect people to the land and their food.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stand at £383,731, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £200,000. However, the document notes that free liquid reserves are negative £35,893 due to historical and current capital investments, and the charity has long-term borrowings of £185,153.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kendall Wadley LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wildgoose Rural Training and Nature Reserve (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Jim — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Geoff Sansome — Chair of Trustees (source)
• Brian Boswell — Vice Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development — “Part funded by The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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: 21.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony Barletta
• Brian Boswell · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID FRANK SAUNDERS
• Geoffrey Sansome · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Montgomery
• Lynn Cartwright
• Moira Terrett
• Stuart Charles Brown

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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