VAUXHALL (CITY) FARM LTD

Registered charity 281512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VAUXHALL CITY FARM

Education, Youth Work, Riding, Animal Care, RDA, Horticulture

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND PERSONS EMPLOYED AND PERSON EMPLOYED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THROUGH EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, HOME-CRAFTS, AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND IN PRINCIPLES OF SELF-DISCIPLINE AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP. (C) TO PROMOTE AMONG THE BENEFICIARIES HUMANITY AND MORALITY BY EDUCATING THEM IN CARE AND CONSIDERATION FOR ALL ANIMALS. (D) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIS. (E) TO RELIEVE PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED OR DISABLED OR DEPRIVED BENEFICIARIES BY PROVIDING REMEDIAL RECREATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: PARLIAMENTRY CONSTITUENCY OF LAMBETH VAUXHALL

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains on a stable footing and has strengthened its resilience by diversifying income streams and lowering operating costs. The trustees report that the farm is poised to thrive with continued community support, despite challenges in recruiting staff and volunteers in a competitive London job market.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01524041

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vauxhall City Farm (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Berkeley Foundation — “Thank you to: Berkeley Foundation” (source page)

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.

• SHEIKH, Aseem — director, appointed 16/08/2022on trustee list
• ELLIS, Sean — director, appointed 24/11/2021on trustee list
• RAPPAK, Amilia Mary — director, appointed 27/05/2020on trustee list
• WALKER, Glen Anthony — director, appointed 27/05/2020on trustee list
• RAPPAK, Amilia — secretary, appointed 24/06/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Glen Walkerchair
• Amilia Mary Rappak
• Aseem Sheikh
• Sean Ellis

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea · Lambeth · Southwark · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

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 OXFORD CITY FARM.

• OXFORD CITY FARM income £198k
• LONGMEAD COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED income £77k
• WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM LIMITED income £2.8m
• YOUTH ON THE MOVE (LONDON) income £119k
• ST WERBURGHS CITY FARM income £765k

Side by side with its peers

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