FarmAbility

Registered charity 1153282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FARM INSPIRATION TRUST, FIT

Education using the farm environment

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £6,010 and unrestricted reserves of £138,140, an increase from the previous year. The trustees consider the level of unrestricted reserves relative to budgeted expenditure to be a prudent amount to cover major contingencies. The charity confirmed it has no material concerns about its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Oxfordshire Community Foundation — “Oxfordshire Community Foundation” (source page)
• The Shanly Foundation — “The Shanly Foundation” (source page)
• Pye Charitable Settlement — “Pye Charitable Settlement” (source page)
• The National Lottery Communities Fund — “The National Lottery Communities Fund” (source page)
• Oxfordshire County Council — “Oxfordshire County Council” (source page)
• The University of Oxford — “The University of Oxford” (source page)
• Chown Charitable Trust — “Chown Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Screwfix Foundation — “The Screwfix Foundation” (source page)
• The 29 th May 1961 Charity — “The 29 th May 1961 Charity” (source page)
• David Solomons Charitable Trust — “David Solomons Charitable Trust” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Diane Turner Laychair
• Dr Judith Claire Samuel
• Hannah Kempsell
• Helen Saunders
• Karen Louise Steinhardt
• Lawrence Coupland
• Mark David Crosby
• Neil Sleight
• Polly Bishop

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire

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).