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The TAM O'Shanter Cottage Urban Farm Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £149k (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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Wirral
Website
www.tamoshanterfarm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1976

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£149k£145k
  • 2024£135k£152k
  • 2023£106k£137k
Earlier years
  • 2022£135k£104k
  • 2021£136k£118k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF THE BUILDING ERECTED ON THE LAND SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO AND KNOWN AS THE TAM O'SHANTER COTTAGE FOR USE AS A FIELD STUDY CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE BOROUGH OF WIRRAL; AND 2. TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AN D LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID BOROUGH WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Grants received

6 grants · £154,039 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-11-07
  • John Moores Foundation £7,5002024-11-27
  • John Moores Foundation £7,5052023-05-03
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9002022-08-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £48,6422020-03-20
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

5.7y median 5.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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

Other services 3Arts and leisure 2Education 2

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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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£149k latest income
80 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
505444
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 15 JUNE 1976 AS AFFECTED BY SCHEME OF 8 SEPTEMBER 1989 AND SCHEME OF 22 DECEMBER 1997. ALSO MINUTES OF TRUSTEES MEETING DATED 4 MARCH 1998 & 1 DECEMBER 2004
Contact on the register
07775903462 · hello@tamoshanterfarm.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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