FOOD AND FARMING DISCOVERY TRUST

Registered charity 1176121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in Norfolk, in particular the education of children of school age, in food production, farming and countryside, ensuring its presented in a neutral and balanced manner.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN NORFOLK, IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE, IN FOOD PRODUCTION, FARMING AND COUNTRYSIDE EDUCATION, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, ENSURING THE EDUCATION IS PRESENTED IN A NEUTRAL AND BALANCED MANNER.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £48,605 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £72,430. The trustees report that they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's reserves policy intends for unrestricted funds to be grown and maintained in surplus to support administration and overhead costs.

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 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 26/02/2025, 118 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 08/10/2024, 343 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Charlotte Saunders
• Clementine Sophia Gleeson
• Dr Catherine Mary Richards
• Jordan Alexander Sharman
• Kristopher David Harper- Allison
• Mark Alexander Nicholas
• Rachel Mary Courtney Quick Burtwright
• Steffan Daniel Anderson Griffiths · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Mary Frances Penlington

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOOD FOUNDATION.

• FOOD FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• THE COUNTRY TRUST income £1.8m
• NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.4m
• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
• THE COUNTRY FOOD TRUST income £649k
• THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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