THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 237934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide fellowships for teachers of Religious Education. Also to offer fellowships to members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, Clergy, Ministers of Religion and Academics involved in RE. To support Head Teachers to undertake research on values and standards, to disseminate recent and interesting work in RE and provide a network of support for those involved in RE teaching.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£885k
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net income for the year was £1,078,474, driven by significant investment gains of £1,380,043 which offset a deficit on ordinary activities. Per the trustees' report, free reserves available for day-to-day activities amounted to £20,235, which the trustees acknowledge are adequate to meet the obligations of the trust.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by A D Accounts Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £335k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£885k
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£137k
Reserves (reported)
£28.4m
Employees
10

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (69% 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: 15.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£885k£1.2m
31/07/2024£910k£892k
31/07/2023£649k£678k
31/07/2022£999k£876k
31/07/2021£518k£807k

Common questions

Is THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net income for the year was £1,078,474, driven by significant investment gains of £1,380,043 which offset a deficit on ordinary activities. Per the trustees' report, free reserves available for day-to-day activities amounted to £20,235, which the trustees acknowledge are adequate to meet the obligations of the trust. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by A D Accounts Limited.

Who funds THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TRUST, OXFORD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TRUST, OXFORDFY2024£200kGrant funding of activities
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TRUST, OXFORDFY2025£4kFunding three Research Fellowships

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRERE EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITED£885k——unclear—no doubt
FRERE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£589k—0below—noted
CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUST FY2025£773k——unclear—no doubt
THE RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBRANCE TRUST FY2025£6.8m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
THE ALL SAINTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£682k—0unclear—no doubt
JEWISH TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE FY2025£3.8m——unclear—no doubt

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