FARMCORNWALL

Registered charity 1162845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides advice and support to farming families through the services of a Farm and Rural Outreach Worker(1) to prevent and relieve poverty or financial hardship, and to relieve sickness and preserve health, amongst farmers, their families and workers primarily through the provision of advice and support; and(2) to relieve and prevent the suffering of animals,

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:- (1) TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AND TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE HEALTH, AMONGST FARMERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND WORKERS PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT; AND (2) TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WITHIN CORNWALL.

Area of benefit: PARTICULARLY WITHIN CORNWALL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that FarmCornwall held unrestricted reserves of £123,291 against a policy target of one year's operating costs. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £2,786 for the period, with total income of £154,929 and expenditure of £152,143. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FarmCornwall (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD THOMASchair
• CHRISTOPHER ROBERT KNOWLES
• Clare Elizabeth Green
• JENNIFER ANNE OLDS
• James Richard Trelawney Kittow · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEPHEN COLIN BONE
• Wendy Joan Nicholas

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNWALL CARE LIMITED.

• CORNWALL CARE LIMITED income £34.6m
• EAST SUSSEX FARMERS' BENEVOLENT FUND income £106k
• CORNWALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL CHARITY income £1.4m
• THE SALLY ANN RAVEN FOUNDATION income £10.9m
• THE FARMING COMMUNITY NETWORK income £1.8m
• THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION income £5.4m

Side by side with its peers

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