OUSEBURN FARM CHARITY LIMITED

Registered charity 1142593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ouseburn Farm, situated in the East End of Newcastle, is a free visitor attraction that boasts an award winning environmentally friendly visitor centre, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, meadows, ponds and woodlands.The Farm offers training to vulnerable adults, volunteering opportunities for local people and a range of activities for families and schoolchildren.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £4,045 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £90,350. The trustees report that the charity has reduced its financial dependency on its parent undertaking, Tyne Housing Association, and maintains a reserve policy to cover three months of running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07673069

Funders the charity credits

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

• Drummond Central — ““Supporting Ouseburn Farm is our way of taking care of our community, which local people will continue to enjoy for many years to come” – Dr…” (source page)

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.

• ORCHARD, William James Frederick — director, appointed 17/09/2025on trustee list
• WESTMORELAND, Geoffrey Stephen — director, appointed 17/09/2025not on trustee list
• MILLS-FRATER, Emzi — director, appointed 17/09/2025on trustee list
• GILLESPIE, Esther Ann — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
• HARLAND, Ryan David — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
• FIRTH, Michael David — director, appointed 06/09/2023on trustee list
• KIRKHAM, Catherine Anne — director, appointed 29/04/2021on trustee list
• CLARKE, Francis Joseph — secretary, appointed 01/08/2023

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael David Firthchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Anne Kirkham
• Emzi Mills-Frater
• Esther Anne Gillespie
• Geoff Westmoreland
• Ryan David Harland
• William James Frederick Orchard

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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