The Farming Life Centre

Analysis

The Farming Life Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06718297). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Farming Life Centre reported income of £127k and spending of £113k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £44k to £127k (+188%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Farming Life Centre sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Khidmah Academy (£127k), Assembly of God Church (£127k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Covenant Restoration Assembly Dudley (£127k).