Fresh Fields Enterprises

Analysis

Fresh Fields Enterprises is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Fresh Fields Enterprises reported income of £633k and spending of £571k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £349k to £633k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Fresh Fields Enterprises sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Laslett's (Hinton) Charity (£633k), The Junction Church (£634k) and Ravensbourne Project (£632k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £180k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.