FARMS FOR CITY CHILDREN LIMITED

Registered charity 325120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as F F C C, FFCC

Farms for City Children offers children from urban areas all over the country a unique opportunity to spend a week living and working together on a real farm in the heart of the countryside. The charity operates on three farms: in Devon, Gloucestershire and Pembrokeshire. The children visit as a school group, with their teachers and get involved as a team in all aspects of running a working farm.

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Latest income

£2.7m

Latest spending

£2.8m

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £64,208 for the year, resulting in total group funds decreasing to £4,056,692. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £761,023, which represents 3.3 months' operating costs and remains within the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 and in band £60,000 to £70,000 (2024: 1, £70,000 to £80,000).” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 and in band £60,000 to £70,000” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 28.8% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Costs of raising funds saw a substantial increase of 13% in 2024 to £428,541 (2024: £377,833).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of operating costs (held: £761k)

“Trustees reserves policy is to maintain between 3 and 6 months operating costs in free reserves.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £60,000 - £70,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FARMS FOR CITY CHILDREN (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Rachel Goult — Chair of Trustees (source)
Corinna Csaky — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Tyler Grange — “Tyler Grange are proud to have supported Farms for City Children for more than six years.” (source page)
Bank of Montreal — “As a member of my company’s Corporate Social Responsibility team, I have had the opportunity to see first-hand the work that Farms for City …” (source page)
IVC Evidensia Farm Vets — “IVC Evidensia Farm Vets” (source page)
Harper Collins Publishers — “Harper Collins Publishers” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 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 31/08/2025)

Total income

£2.7m

Total spending

£2.8m

Cost of raising funds

£429k

Reserves (reported)

£761k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 15.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rachel Goultchair
Alexandra Hollingshead
CLARE MORPURGO
Jayne Copley · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Bishop
MICHAEL ANDREW BRIDGE MORPURGO MBE
Mary Trussell
Richard John Ash
Rosanna Machado
Rose O'Hagan
Simom Whattler

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£2.7m	£2.8m
31/08/2024	£2.6m	£2.5m
31/08/2023	£2.6m	£2.4m
31/08/2022	£2.0m	£2.2m
31/08/2021	£1.3m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is FARMS FOR CITY CHILDREN LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £64,208 for the year, resulting in total group funds decreasing to £4,056,692. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £761,023, which represents 3.3 months' operating costs and remains within the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of FARMS FOR CITY CHILDREN LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds FARMS FOR CITY CHILDREN LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FARMS FOR CITY CHILDREN LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BAND TRUST, THE SACKLER TRUST, THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE AURORA TRUST, WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAND TRUST	FY2023	£430k	Children and Young People
THE BAND TRUST	FY2022	£100k	Specific grantee
THE SACKLER TRUST	FY2023	£75k	Social Good
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£63k	Youth
THE AURORA TRUST	FY2025	£60k	A two-year grant (£30,000 per year) towards core costs
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION	FY2025	£59k
THE SACKLER TRUST	FY2024	£50k
THE BAND TRUST	FY2022	£50k	Specific grantee
THE UNDERWOOD TRUST	FY2026	£45k	Education and The Arts
THE AURORA TRUST	FY2023	£40k	To contribute towards core costs as the charity was facing a budget deficit.
THE AURORA TRUST	FY2024	£40k	To reduce the charity’s budget deficit.
THE MILK AND HONEY TRUST	FY2024	£38k	The Relief of Poverty
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST	FY2022	£30k	Educational Support
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£27k
THE UNDERWOOD TRUST	FY2025	£25k
THE UNDERWOOD TRUST	FY2023	£25k	Not specified in note 3, listed under Education and The Arts
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION	FY2024	£25k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	FY2024	£25k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£23k
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£20k
THE BAND TRUST	FY2024	£20k	Children and Young People
The Ashley Family Foundation	FY2025	£20k
THE LIMBOURNE TRUST	FY2024	£18k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£17k
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	FY2025	£15k
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£15k
THE WOOLDRIDGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE LIMBOURNE TRUST	FY2022	£13k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	FY2024	£12k
THE BEHRENS FOUNDATION	FY2026	£12k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	FY2022	£12k	provision of practical experience of agriculture and rural life for children from inner city areas
THE LIMBOURNE TRUST	FY2023	£12k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£11k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£10k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST	FY2025	£10k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST	FY2023	£10k	Third of 5-year grant
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE NOTGROVE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST	FY2024	£10k
The Ashley Family Foundation	FY2024	£10k
The Ashley Family Foundation	FY2023	£10k
The Ashley Family Foundation	FY2023	£10k
TERRAVERDE	FY2025	£9k
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£8k
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£8k
CLA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£7k
CLA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£7k
CLA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£7k
THE LIMBOURNE TRUST	FY2025	£7k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/08/2020	£50k	"COVID19 Farms for City Children"
The Mercers' Company	12/02/2019	£20k	Grant to Farms for City Children
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/12/2017	£48k	"Nethercott House Victorian walled kitchen garden restoration project"
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/07/2005	£5k	Weekend of activities and workshops
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/11/1995	£330k	"Wick Court Farms for City Children, Wick Court, Arlingham"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	3	£9k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	2	£1.1m
THE DULVERTON TRUST	2	£500k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	2	£17k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£11k
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust	2	£700
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST	1	£518k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£499k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD.

THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD income £1.2m
ST WERBURGHS CITY FARM income £765k
THE COUNTRY TRUST income £1.8m
HOME FARM CHILDREN'S NURSERY income £631k
SPITALFIELDS FARM ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £591k
JAMIE'S FARM income £8.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FARMS FOR CITY CHILDREN LIMITED	£2.7m	£60,000 - £70,000	1	within	28.8%	no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD FY2025	£1.2m	£70,000 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
ST WERBURGHS CITY FARM FY2025	£765k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COUNTRY TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
HOME FARM CHILDREN'S NURSERY FY2025	£631k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
SPITALFIELDS FARM ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£591k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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