Registered charity · Northamptonshire
The Farming Community Network
The Farming Community Network is a registered charity (number 1095919) based in Northamptonshire, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as FCN (Charity Commission)
3.1 The relief of hardship and distress, amongst persons living and working in the agricultural, horticultural and related communities, by the provision of pastoral and practical support underpinned by a Christian ethos ("the Objects").3.2 Nothing...
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
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Network
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Who leads it
Also 4 organisations acting as trustee: Ciara Catherine Laura Williams, Mr Wyn Owen, Ms Elle Josephine Vercoe-Gibson, Ms Lucia Patricia Slack.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.fcn.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Farming Community Network
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.4m
- 2024£1.4m£1.0m
- 2023£963k£913k
Earlier years
- 2022£966k£768k
- 2021£787k£601k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 The relief of hardship and distress, amongst persons living and working in the agricultural, horticultural and related communities, by the provision of pastoral and practical support underpinned by a Christian ethos ("the Objects").3.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Grants received
9 grants · £453,368 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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £234,644 (3 grants)
- Westminster Foundation · £83,224
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £50,000
- John Ellerman Foundation · £30,000
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Amy Jane Dixon since 2023
- Ciara Catherine Laura Williams since 2025
- Giles Richard Bowring since 2019
- Mr Wyn Owen since 2025
- Ms Elle Josephine Vercoe-Gibson since 2025
- Ms Lucia Patricia Slack since 2025
- Olivia Helmore since 2017
- Roger Mallaber Mercer since 2023
- Rev Matthew Neil Jeffrey since 2023
- Robert David Walrond since 2021
- Stuart Francis Roberts since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Giles Richard Bowring since 2019
- Olivia Helmore since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Amy Jane Dixon since 2023
- Rev Matthew Neil Jeffrey since 2023
- Robert David Walrond since 2021
- Stuart Francis Roberts since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Giles Richard Bowring since 2019
- Olivia Helmore since 2017
- Roger Mallaber Mercer since 2023
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
17.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1095919
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/05/2002NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17/02/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22/02/2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 JUL 2019 as amended on 08 May 2020 as amended on 27 May 2020 as amended on 26 May 2021 as amended on 23 May 2023 as amended on 22 Jul 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 04429778 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01788510866 · mail@fcn.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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