THE MORLEY AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£1.6m
Grants listed (FY2024)
14
Listed grants total
£221k
Accounts grants total
£64k

Write-backs & cancellations (all years shown): 4 entries, −£153k. These are listed separately below and are not netted off the grant totals or counted as grants.

reconciliation not assessedextracted from its FY2024 accounts

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Central Bedfordshire (1 grantee)
  • Devon (1 grantee)
  • Hertfordshire (1 grantee)
  • Ireland (1 grantee)
  • Northern Ireland (1 grantee)
  • Scotland (1 grantee)
  • Suffolk (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2023 → FY2024

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2023FY2024
newMovement in the discounting of grants—£34k
newMaize Growers Association—£29k
newLincoln University—£26k
newAFCP co-ordinator—£9k
newHarvest Heroes Norwich Science Festival—£9k
newOther grants and bursaries—£6k
newSuffolk Agricultural Association Schools Farm & Country Fair—£4k
newHerts Schools Food & Farming Day 2024—£3k
downHARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY£274k£45k
upRNAA Food & Farming Discovery Trust£9k£20k
downThe Aylsham Show Food, Farming and the Countryside Discovery Area£66k£10k
not listedNIAB Morley New Farming Systems soil amendment & cover crop rotations£198k—
not listedADAS YEN ZERO£35k—
not listedBBRO Integrating the use of endophyte grasses with sugar beet for virus yellows and aphid management£28k—
not listedNIAB Co-development of new wheat varieties and regenerative agriculture£21k—
not listedBBRO Optimising sugar beet management practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions£20k—
not listedCranfield University£15k—
not listedAgri-TechE Early Careers Innovators' Forum£13k—
not listedAgri Food Charity Partnership£12k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Harper Adams UniversityFY2024£45kHarper Adams Controlled Research into reducing field traffic intensity
Movement in the discounting of grantsFY2024£34kMovement in the discounting of grants
Maize Growers AssociationFY2024£29kMaximising sustainable maize growing
Lincoln UniversityFY2024£26kLincoln University
Morley PhDFY2024£21kVarious Morley PhD (in tandem with NIAB, Cambridge University and UEA)
RNAA Food & Farming Discovery TrustFY2024£20kRNAA Food & Farming Discovery Trust
The Aylsham Show Food, Farming and the Countryside Discovery AreaFY2024£10kThe Aylsham Show Food, Farming and the Countryside Discovery Area
AFCP co-ordinatorFY2024£9kAgri Food Charity Partnership CTP
Harvest Heroes Norwich Science FestivalFY2024£9kHarvest Heroes Norwich Science Festival
Other grants and bursariesFY2024£6kOur Bursaries fund for students
Suffolk Agricultural Association Schools Farm & Country FairFY2024£4kSuffolk Agricultural Association Schools Farm & Country Fair
Herts Schools Food & Farming Day 2024FY2024£3kHerts Schools Food & Farming Day 2024
Moulton CollegeFY2024£3kVarious Morley PhD / Bursaries
Essex Food and Farmer Schools DayFY2024£3kThe Essex Schools Food and Farming day
Harper Adams UniversityFY2023£274kD Purdy PhD
NIAB Morley New Farming Systems soil amendment & cover crop rotationsFY2023£198k
The Aylsham Show Food, Farming and the Countryside Discovery AreaFY2023£66k
ADAS YEN ZEROFY2023£35kUniversity of Lincoln
BBRO Integrating the use of endophyte grasses with sugar beet for virus yellows and aphid managementFY2023£28k
NIAB Co-development of new wheat varieties and regenerative agricultureFY2023£21k
BBRO Optimising sugar beet management practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissionsFY2023£20k
Morley PhDFY2023£15kC Mumford Msc
Cranfield UniversityFY2023£15k
Agri-TechE Early Careers Innovators' ForumFY2023£13k
Agri Food Charity PartnershipFY2023£12kCTP
RNAA Food & Farming Discovery TrustFY2023£9k
John Forrest Award Communication CourseFY2023£6k
NIAB Morley SAMS Phase 2FY2023£6k
Suffolk Agricultural & Country Fair Association Schools FarmFY2023£5k
John Edgar Trust ManagementFY2023£5k
NIAB INSPIREFY2023£4k
Essex Food and Farmer Schools DayFY2023£3k
Rothamsted ResearchFY2023£2k
Assessing carbonFY2022£198kGrants to individuals
NFS 1yr ExtensionFY2022£48kGrants to individuals
ESFFDFY2022£45kGrants to individuals
NIAB CTPFY2022£42kGrants to individuals
YIF 2021-24FY2022£39kGrants to individuals
Clear Water ProjectFY2022£35kGrants to individuals
InspireFY2022£21kGrants to individuals
RNAAFY2022£20kGrants to individuals
Minion SequencingFY2022£10kGrants to individuals
NIAB - New Farming SystemFY2022£10kGrants to individuals
Movement in the discounting of grantsFY2022£9kGrants to individuals
Nathan Morris Soil ProjectFY2022£8kGrants to individuals
Trawce 8 TilFY2022£7kGrants to individuals
PhD Vining PeaFY2022£5kGrants to individuals
D PurdyFY2022£5kGrants to individuals
The Aylsham ShowFY2022£5kGrants to individuals
SAA School Farm 8 Country FairFY2022£4kGrants to individuals
0 Smith IAgrM CourseFY2022£4kGrants to individuals
Wymondham Young FarmersFY2022£3kGrants to individuals
UEAFY2022£3kGrants to individuals
Essex Schools Farming DayFY2022£3kGrants to individuals
JET Management courseFY2022£2kGrants to individuals
Morley PhDFY2022£2kGrants to individuals
UOHertsFY2022£2kGrants to individuals
J Nunns MRESFY2022£2kGrants to individuals
YEN-ZEROFY2022£1kGrants to individuals
John Forrest AwardFY2022£600Grants to individuals
AHDB/AFCP - Cabbage Stem Flea BeetleFY2022£250Grants to individuals
C Mumford MscFY2022£110Grants to individuals
Molecular StudiesFY2022£49Grants to individuals
NFS 1yr ExtensionFY2021£48kNew Farming Systems project extension
NIAB CTPFY2021£42kNIAB CTP
YIF 2021-24FY2021£39kAgri Tech East’s Young Innovators Forum
Minion SequencingFY2021£10kNot specified in note
NIAB - New Farming SystemFY2021£10kNew Farming System
Morley PhDFY2021£9kMorley PhD studying the effects of legume rotations on soil microbial populations
PhD Vining PeaFY2021£6kPhD vining peas Nottingham University
UOHertsFY2021£5kNot specified in note, likely Harper Adams or similar based on TR
YEN-ZEROFY2021£5kYEN Zero
Movement in the discounting of grants to present valueFY2021£4kAccounting adjustment
Essex Schools Farming DayFY2021£3kEssex Schools Farming Day
J Nunns MRESFY2021£2kMRes Agricultural Systems Management Course
Clear Water ProjectFY2021£2kClear Water Project
C Mumford MscFY2021£1kMRes Agricultural Systems Management Course
AHDB/AFCP - Cabbage Stem Flea BeetleFY2021£250Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle
Molecular StudiesFY2021amount not statedNot specified in note

1 listed grant has no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); it is left out of the grant counts and totals.

Write-backs & cancellations

4 entries totalling −£153k in this funder’s accounts are negative amounts, such as the write-back of an accrued grant or a cancelled grant. They are shown here on their own and are not netted off the grants total or counted as grants above. They are in the CSV with amount_note “write_back”.

RecipientYearAmountPurpose
NIAB Co-development of new wheat varieties and regenerative agricultureFY2024−£88kNIAB CTP / Co-development of new wheat varieties
NIAB Morley New Farming Systems soil amendment & cover crop rotationsFY2024−£53kNIAB, two main grants, one to continue funding the New Farm Systems project
Nathan Morris Soil ProjectFY2021−£8kSoil Project
UEAFY2021−£4kUniversity of East Anglia project

About this data

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