ABBERTON RURAL TRAINING

Registered charity 1169247 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ART

The objects of the CIO are:(a) The advancement of education, training or retraining and(b) The relief of those in need in particular but not exclusively among unemployed people in Essex by providing them with work experience, volunteering opportunities, mentoring and rural employability and craft skills courses, and by supporting their re-integration back into the Community.

Objects

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING AND(B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN ESSEX BY PROVIDING THEM WITH WORK EXPERIENCE, VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORING AND RURAL EMPLOYABILITY AND CRAFT SKILLS COURSES, AND BY SUPPORTING THEIR RE-INTEGRATION BACK INTO THE RURAL COMMUNITY.OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £53,929 were held at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £58,601 (three months of core costs). The charity reported a net income increase of £18,196 for the year, driven by a significant reduction in staffing costs, while maintaining adequate resources for future operations.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 23/04/2024, 83 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

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• Abberton Rural Training receives £29.9k grant to support veterans gazette-news.co.uk · 03/11/2025

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Brown · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anthony Philip Josiah Stamp
• Lewis Barber

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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• VETERANS INTO LOGISTICS income £873k
• MOVEMENT TO WORK income £868k
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