FFCC LIMITED

Registered charity 1195790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOOD, FARMING AND COUNTRYSIDE COMMISSION

We work with partners and communities across the UK to encourage debate, catalyse change, and devise practical actions that contribute to: healthy food for everyone provided through a fair system; a transition to agroecology by 2030; and flourishing rural communities with sustainable land use, nature restoration, good work and affordable homes

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(1) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE LAND USE, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH AGROECOLOGY;(2) THE PROMOTION OF THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND FARMING PRACTICES;(3) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION.IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE THE CHARITY WILL PROVIDE FUNDING, MAKE GRANTS OR MAKE FINANCIAL OR OTHER AWARDS IN KIND TO INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.THE CHARITY WILL USE THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION OF “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” AS SET OUT IN THE 1987 BRUNTLAND COMMISSION REPORT: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,772,153 for the year, resulting in a significant reduction in total reserves from £2,520,405 to £748,252. Despite this drawdown, unrestricted reserves of £637,652 remain well above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £65,000. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. 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
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 05/02/2026, 5 days after the 31/01/2026 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12562770 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• NYE, Martin John — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• IBRAHIM, Ufuk — director, appointed 26/01/2023on trustee list
• JONES, Carwyn Howell, Professor — director, appointed 17/02/2021on trustee list
• AUSTWICK, Dawn Jacquelyn — director, appointed 17/02/2021on trustee list
• MAYNE, Margaret, Dr — director, appointed 20/04/2020on trustee list
• REYNOLDS, Fiona Clarie, Dame — director, appointed 17/04/2020not on trustee list
• BROWNING, Helen Mary — director, appointed 17/04/2020on trustee list
• CRAMER, Shirley Christine — director, appointed 17/04/2020not on trustee list
• GREENHAM, Antony Crosby — secretary, appointed 16/03/2026
• KNIGHT, Joanna — secretary, appointed 02/02/2024

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin John Nyechair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Carwyn Howell Jones
• DAME FIONA REYNOLDS DBE
• Dawn Jacquelyn AUSTWICK
• Helen Browning
• Shirley Cramer CBE
• Ufuk Ibrahim

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FARNHAM CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED.

• FARNHAM CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £136k
• CHESTERFIELD F C COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.2m
• The Foundation for Feeding, Education and Development income £275k
• FOOD AND COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• LFLC LTD income £196k
• Foodrise income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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