Registered charity · Newmarket
The Farthing Trust
The Farthing Trust is a registered charity (number 268066) based in Newmarket, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £501k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £501k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, India, Malawi, Mexico and more
- Website
- www.thefarthingtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£501k£553k
- 2024£248k£528k
- 2023£225k£376k
Earlier years
- 2022£56k£360k
- 2021£236k£205k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- A White
- J Martin
- Mr J Martin since 2018
- Ms E Bell since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Mr J Martin since 2018
- Ms E Bell since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- A White
- J Martin
- Mr J Martin since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Ms E Bell since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
120.0 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
- 268066
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 24TH JUNE 1974
- Contact on the register
- 07598565623 · thefarthingtrust@gmail.com
- 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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