AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH TRUST

Registered charity 1154161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4694239 · Wikipedia

Education of the general public about agroforestry systems and perennial crops via books, publications, courses, plants and seeds.Development of research sites for demonstrations of agroforestry techniques.Research in novel perennial crops and agroforestry systems.Tours of research sites to demonstrate and educate.Consultancy on tree crops and agroforestry systems.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO ALL ASPECTS OF TEMPERATE AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS INCLUDING TREE SHRUB AND PERENNIAL CROPS THROUGH RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF ALL USEFUL RESULTS ARISING FROM THE RESEARCH, COURSES TO TEACH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF GROWING TREE CROPS AND AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS AND TOURS OF THE RESEARCH SITES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Registered contact address: South Hams, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small loss in 2025 due to one-off redundancy costs, although overall expenditure was significantly down compared to the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the financial outlook for 2026 is considered good with anticipated reduced expenditure, and net current assets stood at £351,511 at year-end.

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.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Investment
• Paying staff
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/04/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID EDGE
• MINNI JAIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MIRIAM ROSE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FROME AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED.

• FROME AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £353k
• EARTH TRUST income £2.6m
• FIELD STUDIES COUNCIL income £18.4m
• EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £73.8m
• THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE ORCHARD TRUST income £77k

Side by side with its peers

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