THE GOOD SOIL TRUST

Registered charity 1163345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supported housing for up to 9 adults with background of homelessness, addiction, offending or poor mental health. A structured farm-based activity programme for clients providing life and work skills development, mentoring and support to underpin change and growth.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£185k

Latest spending

£180k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £5,208 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its overall funds to £193,992. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £99,301, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £28,492 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“During the year one Trustee, N S A Morrell received remuneration amounting to £28,492 (2024 £24,377) for his role as head of Operations with the Charity.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £99k; policy: three and six month’s expenditure)

“The Trustees are currently working towards meeting this level of reserves.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: N S A Morrell received remuneration of £28,492 for his role as head of Operations.

“During the year one Trustee, N S A Morrell received remuneration amounting to £28,492 (2024 £24,377) for his role as head of Operations with the Charity.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Thomas Davenportchair · trustee of 1 other charity
NEVILLE SHERIF ANSARI MORRELL
Rachel Bilson

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£185k	£180k
31/03/2024	£250k	£176k
31/03/2023	£166k	£151k
31/03/2022	£166k	£146k
31/03/2021	£166k	£146k

Common questions

Is THE GOOD SOIL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £5,208 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its overall funds to £193,992. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £99,301, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE GOOD SOIL TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £28,492 band.

Who funds THE GOOD SOIL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GOOD SOIL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, QUEEN ELIZABETH ALMSHOUSES, DUMBRECK CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Conservation and Environment
QUEEN ELIZABETH ALMSHOUSES	FY2024	£2k	Relief of poverty and hardship and general benefit of the inhabitants of Worcester
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2025	£500	Social Welfare

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2020	£8k	Void Cover

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE AURORA TRUST	1	£144k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION	1	£60k
THE ALA GREEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST	1	£40k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£29k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
ST EDMUNDS TRUST	1	£12k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REAL FARMING TRUST.

REAL FARMING TRUST income £930k
THE SHALLOWFORD TRUST income £275k
MILLENNIUM FARM TRUST income £378k
BOSCO SOCIETY LTD income £1.1m
HOPE HOUSING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED income £1.6m
GOOD NEWS FAMILY CARE (HOMES) LTD income £437k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GOOD SOIL TRUST	£185k	£28,492	0	below	—	no doubt
REAL FARMING TRUST FY2025	£930k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE SHALLOWFORD TRUST FY2025	£275k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MILLENNIUM FARM TRUST FY2025	£378k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BOSCO SOCIETY LTD FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOPE HOUSING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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