Registered charity · Cambridge
Cofarm Foundation
- 6 trustees
- Income £205k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.cofarm.co (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cofarm Foundation
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£205k£186k
- 2023£207k£179k
- 2022£101k£119k
Earlier years
- 2021£60k£58k
Income trend, 2021 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND METHODS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY FARMS;B THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES THAT ENCOURAGE STRONGER NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS AND GREATER BIODIVERSITY;C PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY FARMING INITIATIVES; ANDD ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF COMMUNITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ENCOURAGING GREATER CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF COMMUNITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN HEALTH AND NUTRITION BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.IN THE OBJECTS 'COMMUNITY FARMING' MEANS CO-FARMING WHICH IS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED AGROECOLOGICAL FARMING AND 'COMMUNITY FARM' SHALL BE READ ACCORDINGLY
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Benjamin Josef Cowell Chair since 2019
- Dr Arun Kumar Gupta since 2020
- Dr Laura Bryony James since 2019
- Richard Mark Quentin Brooks since 2019
- Sally Minette Vergette since 2020
- Susan Pritchard since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Benjamin Josef Cowell Chair since 2019
- Dr Arun Kumar Gupta since 2020
- Dr Laura Bryony James since 2019
- Richard Mark Quentin Brooks since 2019
- Sally Minette Vergette since 2020
- Susan Pritchard since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Benjamin Josef Cowell Chair since 2019
- Dr Arun Kumar Gupta since 2020
- Dr Laura Bryony James since 2019
- Richard Mark Quentin Brooks since 2019
- Sally Minette Vergette since 2020
- Susan Pritchard since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1193795
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 OCT 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 MAR 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 12267456 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223781200 · hello@cofarm.co
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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