The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1981, 45 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 June 2025, The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £94k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £47k to £67k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 137% 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' Club Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust Limited (£66k), Communities for Nature (£67k) and Development Education in Dorset (Deed) (£66k).

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.