Registered charity · Bath
Bath City Farm
- 10 trustees
- Income £977k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- William Henry Thomas SheppardChair · since 2022
- Amanda LoranTrustee · since 2024
- Ben MeynellTrustee · since 2025
- Christina Shireen ButtonTrustee · since 2019
- Corinne EvansTrustee · since 2025
- Gwen Cordelia JamesTrustee · since 2022
- Joanne SouthwellTrustee · since 2019
- Michael Alan WilliamsTrustee · since 2022
- Stephen James MayhewTrustee · since 2024
- Tamsin EganTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Bath And North East Somerset
- Website
- www.bathcityfarm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bath City Farm
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£977k£938k
- 2023£865k£798k
- 2022£593k£517k
Earlier years
- 2021£865k£357k
- 2020£402k£302k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF, AND PERSONS EMPLOYED IN, THE CITY OF BATH AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE BENEFICIARIES) AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER REASSIGNMENT, RELIGION OR BELIEF, MARITAL OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP STATUS, AGE, DISABILITY, OR PREGNANCY AND MATERNITY BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND/OR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE SAID BENEFICIARIES, AND PARTICULARLY YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, HOMECRAFTS, CONSERVATION, COUNTRY LIFE AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND IN THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND SELF-DISCIPLINE, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. C) TO PROMOTE AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT HUMANITY AND MORALITY BY EDUCATING THEM IN CARE AND CONSIDERATION FOR ALL ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION; AND FOR THESE PURPOSES TO CARE FOR AND EXHIBIT ANIMALS IN COMMON AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC USE SO THAT THE PUBLIC, AND PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER MEMBERS THEREOF, WILL LEARN A GREATER AWARENESS OF AND APPRECIATION FOR SUCH ANIMALS. D) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, RESIDENT IN THE SAID AREA OF BENEFIT, SO AS TO PREPARE THEM FOR ANY TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE AND THEREBY ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE OR ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVELIHOOD. E) TO RELIEVE PHYSICALLY OR LEARNING DISABLED INHABITANTS AND THOSE LIVING IN SOCIAL DEPRIVATION WITHIN THE SAID AREA OF BENEFIT AND THOSE LIVING WITH AND RECOVERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS BY PROVIDING AS A REMEDIAL RECREATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY FACILITIES, SUBJECT WHERE APPROPRIATE TO THE CONSENT OF THE MEDICAL ADVISORS OF ALL SUCH PERSONS.
Grants received
59 grants · £2,303,337 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,118,730 (12 grants)
- Power to Change Trust · £409,233 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £179,100 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £158,077 (3 grants)
- Quartet Community Foundation · £123,920 (24 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- William Henry Thomas Sheppard Chair since 2022
- Amanda Loran since 2024
- Ben Meynell since 2025
- Christina Shireen Button since 2019
- Corinne Evans since 2025
- Gwen Cordelia James since 2022
- Joanne Southwell since 2019
- Michael Alan Williams since 2022
- Stephen James Mayhew since 2024
- Tamsin Egan since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Christina Shireen Button since 2019
- Joanne Southwell since 2019
- Tamsin Egan since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Amanda Loran since 2024
- Ben Meynell since 2025
- Christina Shireen Button since 2019
- Corinne Evans since 2025
- Gwen Cordelia James since 2022
- Joanne Southwell since 2019
- Michael Alan Williams since 2022
- Tamsin Egan since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- William Henry Thomas Sheppard Chair since 2022
- Stephen James Mayhew since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.2 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1050202
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 OCTOBER 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 SEP 2017 AS AMENDED ON 13 APR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JUL 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 03112751 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01225481269 · info@bathcityfarm.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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