COMMONWORK TRUST
Registered charity 1160725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMONWORK
To provide a place that brings sustainability to life and offers people opportunities to learn, grow and be inspired.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Trust returned a loss of £27,300 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's loss of £779,000, largely due to the full integration of the dairy farm accounts. The Trustees consider expendable reserves of £461,670 to be adequate to cover three months' running costs, indicating sufficient liquidity for short-term operations despite the overall net loss.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 3 months’ running costs plus a provision for any advanced income monies held (held: £462k)
“The Trustees consider the expendable reserves to be its net current assets and readily realisable investments amounting to £461,670 (2024: £437,807, as restated). The Trustees have satisfied themselves that the expendable reserves are adequate to cover 3 months’ running costs plus a provision for any advanced income monies held.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Commonwork Organic Farms Limited
“The Trust’s investment in its unlisted subsidiary, Commonwork Organic Farms Limited, is aimed at producing a return from rental and trading surpluses while also maintaining the value of the Trust’s real estate.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Commonwork Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (08/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMONWORK TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust returned a loss of £27,300 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's loss of £779,000, largely due to the full integration of the dairy farm accounts. The Trustees consider expendable reserves of £461,670 to be adequate to cover three months' running costs, indicating sufficient liquidity for short-term operations despite the overall net loss. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Government & lottery funding
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