Real Farming Trust

Analysis

Real Farming Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in london. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03336839). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Real Farming Trust reported income of £930k and spending of £913k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £734k to £930k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Real Farming Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Simon & Elizabeth Batey Charitable Trust (£929k), Balqees Welfare Foundation (£933k) and Cymdeithas Mudiadau Gwirfoddol Ceredigion / Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations (£922k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 62%, charitable activities 33% and investments 4.4%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £192k. Reserves of £242k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.