NATIONAL FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS' CLUBS

Registered charity 1211473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NFYFC, THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS' CLUBS

The National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs provides rural young people in England and Wales with a variety of education, training and social programmes encouraging learning and community involvement with a strong interest in rural communities, farming and agriculture. The NFYFC supports the federated structure of 23,000 members aged 10 to 28, belonging to 570 clubs in 46 county federations.

Objects

OBJECTS4 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING4.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE MEMBERS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF AGRICULTURE, CRAFTS, LIFE SKILLS, RURAL AFFAIRS AND COUNTRY LIFE; 4.1.2 IN THE INTERESTS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE MEMBERS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, TRAINING AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS, BEING FACILITIES WHICH WILL IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND WILL ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES, SELF-RELIANCE AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY; AND AS MEANS OF ACHIEVING THE ABOVE OBJECTS TO PROMOTE THE FORMATION AND AFFILIATION OF YOUNG FARMERS’ CLUBS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES AND TRAINING OF THE MEMBERS TO PLAY THEIR FULL PART IN THE LIFE OF THE CHARITY'S MOVEMENT.

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

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Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a trading deficit of £165,922 for the year, which was funded through a drawdown of reserve funds. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total unrestricted and designated reserves of £1,664,080, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet obligations for the foreseeable future. The organization notes that increasing operational costs and a constrained funding landscape present significant challenges to its financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust — “We are particularly grateful for the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust, the YFA and the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust who have been significant…” (source page)
• YFA — “We are particularly grateful for the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust, the YFA and the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust who have been significant…” (source page)
• NFU Mutual Charitable Trust — “We are particularly grateful for the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust, the YFA and the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust who have been significant…” (source page)
• DEFRA — “The UK Government and statutory agencies – DEFRA has been a stalwart supporter of our AGRI work.” (source page)
• Environment Agency — “The Environment Agency worked recently helped us to develop our Plastics Pollution Curve Module .” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex McMenemy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Felicity Jefferis-Boyd
• Jessica Ruth Rose
• Kathryn Hargreaves
• Luke Brignall
• Marcus Bailey
• Natalie Sarah McGinn
• Polly Baines
• Thomas Oatey

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALES FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS.

• WALES FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS income £771k
• THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUB income £56k
• NORFOLK FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS income £121k
• GWENT YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS income £61k
• YNYS MON COUNTY FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS income £53k
• THE SUFFOLK COUNTY FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS income £75k

Side by side with its peers

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