PENNYHOOKS FARM TRUST

Registered charity 1166812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: - TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM CONDITION (ASC) AND ASSOCIATED DIFFICULTIES AND THOSE WORKING WITH THEM. BY DEVELOPING CAPABILITIES, SKILLS AND WORK-RELATED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. PROVIDING RELIEF FOR THEM AND THOSE CARING FOR THEM IN THE FORM OF RESIDENTIAL AND RESPITE CARE. ALL CARRIED OUT AT PENNYHOOKS FARM OR OTHER SUITABLE RURAL LOCATIONS.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: - TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM CONDITION (ASC) AND ASSOCIATED DIFFICULTIES BY DEVELOPING THEIR CAPABILITIES, SKILLS AND WORK-RELATED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC FARMING, RURAL, CRAFT, CONSERVATION-BASED AND OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES WHICH ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE PURPOSEFUL WORKING LIVES ON PENNYHOOKS FARM OR OTHER SUITABLE RURAL LOCATIONS WHICH OPERATE A TRADITIONAL CONSERVATION-FOCUSSED APPROACH TO FARM MANAGEMENT AND WHICH PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH ASC; - TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH ASC AND ASSOCIATED DIFFICULTIES ON FARMS OR OTHER SUITABLE RURAL SETTINGS BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT; - TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PEOPLE WITH ASC AND ASSOCIATED DIFFICULTIES AND FOR THOSE CARING FOR THEM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL AND RESPITE CARE AT PENNYHOOKS FARM OR OTHER SUITABLE RURAL LOCATIONS AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £60,398, with unrestricted reserves at £16,906. The charity reported a net income of £37,884 for the year, reversing a deficit from the previous period. However, the trustees note that fundraising is critical to support running costs and maintain reserves.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09931286

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pennyhooks Farm Trust UK (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COLLEY, Michael Paul — director, appointed 02/05/2026on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS-LAMBETH, Amanda Christina Kate — director, appointed 22/07/2025on trustee list
• MASEFIELD, Emma Maria — director, appointed 07/04/2025on trustee list
• CLARE, Kathleen Margaret — director, appointed 03/03/2025on trustee list
• GARDNER, Paul Clifford — director, appointed 22/07/2024not on trustee list
• BOYD, Elaine Heather — director, appointed 11/12/2023on trustee list
• FAUX, Wendy — director, appointed 14/11/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathleen Margaret Clarechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• AMANDA CHRISTINA KATE GRIFFITHS-LAMBETH
• Elaine Heather Boyd
• Emma Maria Masefield
• Michael Paul Colley
• Paul Gardner MBE
• Wendy Faux

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Swindon · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE PENNY TRUST income £98k
• PATHWAYS CARE FARM income £462k
• THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD income £1.2m
• MORE EDUCATION income £531k
• PENNINE MAGPIE income £1.6m
• OUR BARN COMMUNITY income £218k

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