The Women's Farm and Garden Association

Analysis

The Women's Farm and Garden Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00244591). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Women's Farm and Garden Association reported income of £242k and spending of £290k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £230k to £242k (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Women's Farm and Garden Association sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Do-It Trust (£241k), Life Skills Education Charity (£242k) and Crickhowell Resource and Information Centre (£240k).

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.