Wellgate Community Farm

Analysis

Wellgate Community Farm is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romford. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04370324). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wellgate Community Farm reported income of £228k and spending of £228k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £178k to £228k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wellgate Community Farm sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plasma of Hope (£227k), Sirlute (£228k) and The Abhayaratna Trust (£227k).

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.