Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust

Analysis

Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in July 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04787639). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust reported income of £804k and spending of £929k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £322k to £804k (+150%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Swindon Mentoring and Self Help Youth Project (£804k), Building Heroes Education Foundation (£806k) and Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (£804k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83%, investments 9.4% and donations and legacies 7.6%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.