Essex County Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture

Analysis

Essex County Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ongar. It was registered in November 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Essex County Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture reported income of £55k and spending of £55k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £33k to £55k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Essex County Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant (£55k), Hardwick and Arden Pre-School (£55k) and St Catharine's Under Fives (£55k).