THE FARM SAFETY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1159000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies) is changing attitudes to risk-taking and mental health in UK farming. Through dynamic education programmes, impactful engagement, free resources and pioneering research, it is empowering young farmers to live and farm well. Since 2014, it has trained over 30,000 young farmers and reached millions with annual campaigns Farm Safety Week and Mind Your Head.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£736k
Latest spending
£532k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The Farm Safety Foundation reported total unrestricted funds of £700,638 for the year ended 31 December 2024, an increase from £496,185 in the previous year. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year stood at £774,959, reflecting a net increase in cash of £216,281. The balance sheet shows net current assets of £700,638 with no long-term liabilities disclosed in the provided extracts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Farm Safety Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£736k
Total spending
£532k
Reserves (reported)
£701k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~15.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£736k£532k
31/12/2023£524k£427k
31/12/2022£495k£395k
31/12/2021£369k£287k
31/12/2020£359k£324k

Common questions

Is THE FARM SAFETY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The Farm Safety Foundation reported total unrestricted funds of £700,638 for the year ended 31 December 2024, an increase from £496,185 in the previous year. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year stood at £774,959, reflecting a net increase in cash of £216,281. The balance sheet shows net current assets of £700,638 with no long-term liabilities disclosed in the provided extracts.

Who funds THE FARM SAFETY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FARM SAFETY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, THE FARRER TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALESFY2025£10kNational Suicide Prevention Network
THE FARRER TRUSTFY2023£166

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2019£10kHearts, Minds, Bellies and Wellies

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WE ARE FARMING MINDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FARM SAFETY FOUNDATION£736k—0unclear—no doubt
WE ARE FARMING MINDS FY2024£325k—0above0.0%no doubt
SHROPSHIRE FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS FY2025£171k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FY2025£5.4m——unclear—no doubt
MILLENNIUM FARM TRUST FY2025£378k—0above—no doubt
THE MORLEY AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION FY2024£1.6m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.