Registered charity · Wales
Social Farms and Gardens
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.1m (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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Animals and 4 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.farmgarden.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Social Farms and Gardens
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.1m
- 2024£1.4m£1.6m
- 2023£1.5m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.4m
- 2021£1.8m£1.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 55%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITHOUTDISCRIMINATION BY BRINGING TOGETHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY= ORGANISATIONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A COMMON EFFORT TOADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION ANDOTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEQUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, YOUNGPEOPLE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLEAND OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE.(2) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OFTHE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN HORTICULTURE,AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OFTHEPHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THE REDUCTION, RE-USE AND.RECYCLING OF RESOURCES, THE USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RESPECTFOR THE ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ANIMAL WELFARE,COMMUNITY COHESION, CITIZENSHIP, LIFE SKILLS, THE PROMOTION OFEQUALITY AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS, SO THAT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE MAYBE IMPROVED.(3) = PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OFSUCH FACILITIES, INCLUDING CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDEDPEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE AND OTHERWISEDISADVANTAGED PEOPLE, SO AS TO PREPARE THEM FOR ANY TRADE,OCCUPATION OR SERVICE AND THEREBY ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE OR ENABLETHEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVELIHOOD.(4) ADVANCING EDUCATION IN THE CARE AND CONSIDERATION OF ALL ANIMALS,SO THAT THE PUBLIC WILL LEARN GREATER AWARENESS OF AND APPRECIATIONFOR SUCH ANIMALS.(5) PROVIDING RELIEF BY WAY OF THERAPEUTIC AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIESAND FACILITIES TO PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES,INCLUDING DISABLED PEOPLE AND OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE.
Grants received
33 grants · £4,301,721 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 · £3,013,189 (18 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £873,600 (4 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £125,998
- John Ellerman Foundation · £95,261
- The Tudor Trust · £95,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- 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
- Dr Michael Hardman since 2024
- Elinor Goff since 2023
- Joy O'Neill since 2025
- Mary Catherine Cosnett since 2025
- Saskia Gretton since 2025
- Vicky Moller since 2023
- John le Corney since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Michael Hardman since 2024
- Elinor Goff since 2023
- Joy O'Neill since 2025
- Mary Catherine Cosnett since 2025
- Saskia Gretton since 2025
- Vicky Moller since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- John le Corney 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
1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 294494
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 16 APRIL 1986 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 6 JULY 1998, 10 SEPTEMBER 2005, 5 FEBRUARY 2008 AND 4 SEPTEMBER 2010 REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 JUN 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 02011023 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01179231800 · admin@farmgarden.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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