FarmAbility

Analysis

FarmAbility is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, FarmAbility reported income of £541k and spending of £535k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £211k to £541k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 54%. 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, FarmAbility sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Warwickshire Citizens Advice Bureau (£541k), Headway Black Country (£541k) and The Ken & Lynne Morrison Charitable Trust (£540k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52% and donations and legacies 48%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £119k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.