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Windmill Hill City Farm Limited

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £2.7m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
Where
Bristol City
Website
www.windmillhillcityfarm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Windmill Hill City Farm Limited
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.7m£2.8m
  • 2024£2.3m£2.5m
  • 2023£2.4m£2.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.2m£2.1m
  • 2021£2.0m£1.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EDUCATION OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOODS IN AND AROUND WINDMILL HILL BRISTOL, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO FOOD, FARMING AND THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH PROVISION OF INFORMATION, COURSES, ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES FOR LEARNING; TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND NURSERY CARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN; AND TRAINING FOR PEOPLE IN ANY TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE, THEREBY ADVANCING THEM IN LIFE AND ENABLING THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVELIHOOD. 2) TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR WORK, THERAPY, EDUCATION AND RECREATION. 3) TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NEIGHBOURHOODS IN AND AROUND WINDMILL HILL BRISTOL FACILITIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO A FARM AND GARDENS, AND SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION, VOLUNTEERING OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND WELLBEING. 4) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED IN ANY MANNER IN THE NEIGHBOURHOODS IN AND AROUND WINDMILL HILL BRISTOL IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Grants received

59 grants · £1,748,994 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

8 trustees on the board

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 8Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Agriculture 8Hospitality 2Other services 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.3 in 2021

101 from 100 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
20%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
277287
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/01/1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/10/1998AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/04/2011NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 08/04/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 DEC 2016
Companies House
Company number 01409415 · Active
Contact on the register
01179633252 · info@windmillhillcityfarm.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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