The Nfu Mutual Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Nfu Mutual Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in December 1998, 28 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 03618736). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Nfu Mutual Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The Nfu Mutual Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (£1.2m), The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (£1.2m) and Voluntary Sector North West (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £76k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.