The Farmers' Company Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Farmers' Company Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in May 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Farmers' Company Charitable Fund reported income of £318k and spending of £269k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £222k to £318k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Farmers' Company Charitable Fund 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 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Runcorn Locks Restoration Society (£318k), The Wellington School Foundation (£320k) and The Darlands Conservation Trust (£315k).