Pennine Lancashire Community Farm

Analysis

Pennine Lancashire Community Farm is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Pennine Lancashire Community Farm reported income of £79k and spending of £170k, spending 216% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £187k to £79k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Pennine Lancashire Community Farm sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Oxford Association (£79k), Parents in Need (£79k) and Northern Hull Community Rainbow Gardens (£79k).

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.