St Werburghs City Farm

Analysis

St Werburghs City Farm is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02114442). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Werburghs City Farm reported income of £765k and spending of £767k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £616k to £765k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, St Werburghs City Farm sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Crescent House Charity (£765k), Merton Mencap (£767k) and Carlisle United FC Community Sports Trust (£765k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, trading 24% and donations and legacies 7.9%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.5%. Reserves of £138k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.

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.