THE DALE FARM TRUST

Registered charity 1156516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DALE FARM WIRRAL TRUST

Provides a day service for adults with disabilities and/or mental illness with opportunities to learn life skills through the therapeutic use of all aspects of horticulture to create a working environment in which people can participate. We grow for sale organic fruit and vegetables and keep bees. We also sell composted manure seasoned split logs and wood chippings.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ASSISTING IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION. 2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE WIRRAL AND SURROUNDING AREA, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SAID INHABITANTS.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust ended the year in a strong financial position with total receipts of £44,016 and cash funds of £56,675. The primary source of income was sales of manure, which totalled £22,500. There were no serious incidents reported to the Charity Commission during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
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• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
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• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Wirral Evolutions — “Wirral Evolutions provides personalised day services and opportunities for adults with a wide range of learning and physical disabilities. W…” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES LESTERchair
• Allie Abraham
• Arne Muller
• Arthur Simpson
• BERND HEERWAGEN
• Caroline Fenna
• IAN JOHNSON
• Maddy O'Rourke
• Michelle Swann
• Robert Winterson
• WENDY MCKEOWN

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

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