INNOVATION FOR AGRICULTURE

Registered charity 1155563 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Charity are the advancement and promotion, for the public benefit, of agriculture and horticulture.To achieve this charitable aim events are staged on topics covering Soil Enrichment and Precision Livestock Farming. It is the Charity's intention that it will develop and enhance a network of agricultural societies around England and Wales.

Objects

4.1THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS("OBJECTS")ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION,FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT,OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE,INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMIT:A)THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION AND EFFICIENT FOOD PRODUCTION;B)THE CONSERVATION,PROTECTION,RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT,SOIL HEALTH AND EROSION,GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS,DIFFUSE POLLUTION AND BIO-DIVERSITY;C)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND INVESTMENT IN NEW KNOWLEDGE AND DISSEMINATION OF BEST FARMING PRACTICES;AND D)THE IMPROVEMENT OF FARM ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £38,321 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to recruitment costs in the final quarter. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £145,767, which is below the stated medium-term policy target of holding reserves equivalent to 50% of annual operating costs. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, though the Chair's statement notes that income security has been significantly reduced for 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08811248 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Innovation for Agriculture (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).

• Elizabeth Creak Foundation — “Support in the very earliest stages from individuals and from the Elizabeth Creak Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation laid a platf…” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Support in the very earliest stages from individuals and from the Elizabeth Creak Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation laid a platf…” (source page)
• Linbury Trust — “The current technical centres have started with support from these and other donors, including the Linbury Trust (supporting work on soils) …” (source page)
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation — “The current technical centres have started with support from these and other donors, including the Linbury Trust (supporting work on soils) …” (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.

• MORGANS, Lisa Chloe, Dr — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• TAPLIN, Roland William — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• GALBRAITH, David Robert — director, appointed 04/07/2017on trustee list
• WESTAWAY, Paul James — director, appointed 17/12/2015on trustee list
• DREWETT, Robert Nicholas Foord — director, appointed 11/12/2013on trustee list
• STILLWELL, Emily Jane — secretary, appointed 12/07/2023

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul James Westawaychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Galbraith
• Dr Lisa Chloe Morgans
• Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett · trustee of 7 other charities
• Roland Taplin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Paul James Westaway — trustee here and at ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND
• Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett — trustee here and at ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND

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).