COLD BARN FARM

Registered charity 1196757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

community building. morning nursery service. youth club, playscheme and community events throughout the year

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TREVETHIN AREA IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF TORFAEN AND THE SURROUNDING VICINITY (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, AGE, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, NATIONALITY, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OPINION BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH THE SAID INHABITANTS, THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY FACILITY (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE HALL") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR CO- OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A HALL FOR THE ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTIVES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Torfaen, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£111k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £23,526 and total funds of £65,584, describing its financial position as strong. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £20,451.36 in reserves, which it intends to sustain for approximately six months to ensure operational stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 6 months (reserves figure: £20k)
“The charity has resolved to hold reserves to sustain the charity and the hall for a period of approximately 6 months.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £26,995 — grants £26,995 (1); 24% of the £110,543 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £21,436 — grants £21,436 (1); 26% of the £81,154 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 8

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 01/04/2025 (received 15/04/2026, 73 days after the 01/02/2026 due date); year ending 01/04/2024 (received 15/04/2026, 438 days after the 01/02/2025 due date); year ending 01/04/2023 (received 25/04/2024, 84 days after the 01/02/2024 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2025£111k£87k
01/04/2024£81k£57k
01/04/2023£50k£33k

Common questions

Is COLD BARN FARM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £23,526 and total funds of £65,584, describing its financial position as strong. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £20,451.36 in reserves, which it intends to sustain for approximately six months to ensure operational stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/11/2025£20kCold Barn Farm
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2024£20kBringing the Community Together
The National Lottery Community Fund05/06/2023£10kWALES COL - ECONOMIC CRISIS COMMUNITY SUPPORT
The National Lottery Community Fund13/04/2023£10kCold Barn Farm Regeneration

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONGMEAD COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLD BARN FARM£111k—0unclear—no doubt
LONGMEAD COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt
CREATED: CHURCH FY2025£315k—0above—no doubt
BARBON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH FRODINGHAM SOCIAL CENTRE FY2024£20k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF BELL FARM SCHOOL FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt

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