Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

LARKRISE COMMUNITY FARM

Education of local people of all ages and abilities in animal husbandry.Registered for Riding for the Disabled.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£273	£285	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	39
31/03/22		£284	£236	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	41
31/03/21		£234	£223	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	57
31/03/20		£294	£277	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/19		£303	£252	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/18		£225	£211	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£161	£174	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£129	£162	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£143	£149	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£147	£153	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£157	£150	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£165	£150	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£138	£120	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£94	£101	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£90	£83	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£83	£80	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£73	£73	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£74	£73	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£67	£35	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£26	£30	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.larkrisefarm.org.uk

office@larkrisefarm.org.uk

01225 751675

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Animals
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Larkrise Community Farm
£5,000	03/03/2022	Larkrise is a community farm providing opportunities particularly for young people and adults with additional needs to develop skills. Funding will help meet the cost of a replacement workshop
Wiltshire Community Foundation - High Sheriff Donor Advised
£1,322	06/09/2021	Grant to Larkrise Community Farm
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£25,000	11/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Larkrise Community Farm
£10,000	08/07/2020	Contribution to core costs for providing farming related educational activities for adults and young people with a range of additional needs in Wiltshire.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Larkrise Community Farm
£5,000	15/06/2020	Purchase COVID19 related signage and cleaning.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Animal Learning Space
£5,000	17/07/2019	Larkrise Community Farm is a working farm providing education and development opportunities for a wide range of people including those with learning or physical disabilities and mental health issues. ....more Larkrise Community Farm is a working farm providing education and development opportunities for a wide range of people including those with learning or physical disabilities and mental health issues. Funding will be towards the cost of building a round pen for hands on work with animals and storage for essential riding equipment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON MARGARET RASEY

CATHERINE KAVANAGH Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: LARKRISE COMMUNITY FARM,

JANE SARA WALLIS Appointed: 2018

PAUL JONATHAN SIMMS Appointed: 2019

ROBERT NORMAN HAM (Chair)

SARAH MARGARET CREED Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: LARKRISE COMMUNITY FARM,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1998, number: 1070688

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 5 days late, AR08: 4 days late,

Main office

Larkrise Community Farm
West Ashton Road
West Ashton
Trowbridge
BA14 6DQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF WEST WILTSHIRE IN AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, COUNTRY LIFE AND RELATED SUBJECTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS, AND PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST WILTSHIRE

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