Registered charity (CIO) · Oxfordshire
Farmability
- 9 trustees
- Income £541k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gillian Diane Turner LayChair · since 2026
- Dr Judith Claire SamuelTrustee · since 2020
- Hannah KempsellTrustee · since 2023
- Helen SaundersTrustee · since 2024
- Karen Louise SteinhardtTrustee · since 2026
- Lawrence CouplandTrustee · since 2022
- Mark David CrosbyTrustee · since 2024
- Neil SleightTrustee · since 2023
- Polly BishopTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Animals and 1 more
- Where
- Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.farmability.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£541k£535k
- 2024£456k£363k
- 2023£296k£320k
Earlier years
- 2022£274k£284k
- 2021£211k£174k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;2) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGETHROUGH LEARNING ABOUT AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF FARMING, THE COUNTRYSIDE AND INTERACTION WITH ANIMALS AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Grants received
21 grants · £534,576 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 · £328,195 (6 grants)
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £141,381 (12 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £35,000 (2 grants)
- The Fore · £30,000
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Gillian Diane Turner Lay Chair since 2026
- Dr Judith Claire Samuel since 2020
- Hannah Kempsell since 2023
- Helen Saunders since 2024
- Karen Louise Steinhardt since 2026
- Lawrence Coupland since 2022
- Mark David Crosby since 2024
- Neil Sleight since 2023
- Polly Bishop since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Judith Claire Samuel since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Gillian Diane Turner Lay Chair since 2026
- Dr Judith Claire Samuel since 2020
- Hannah Kempsell since 2023
- Helen Saunders since 2024
- Karen Louise Steinhardt since 2026
- Lawrence Coupland since 2022
- Mark David Crosby since 2024
- Neil Sleight since 2023
- Polly Bishop since 2026
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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153282
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Aug 2013 as amended on 08 Mar 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07787 412630 · info@farmability.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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