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Mount Pleasant School Farm

Mpsf

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1159485
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed June 12, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Dec. 4, 2014
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
Mount Pleasant School Farm
Icknield Street
Kings Norton
Birmingham
B38 0EH

Activities

MPSF provides a unique opportunity for city children to gain an insight into Food and Farming. The purpose built classroom, unique working farm facilities support teaching many aspects of the school curriculum in particular where our food comes from for age ranges up to KS4 and special needs. Trustees, Staff and Farmer have enabled the service to continue after BCC's OLS threatened its closure.

Objects: The Objects Of The CIO Are:(1) To Promote For The Benefit Of The Public Generally The Conservation, Preservation, Protection And Improvement Of The Physical And Natural Rural Environment.(2) To Advance The Education Of The Public Generally In The Understanding And Conservation, Protection And Improvement Of The Physical And Natural Rural Environment, Including Farming.(3) To Act As A Resource For Young People By Providing Educational Opportunities, Activities And Facilities (Including Buildings, Open Space And Ancillary Facilities) As A Means Of:- (A) Advancing Education Generally (Including, But Not Limited To Special Needs) As The Trustees Shall Determine, And; (B) Advancing In Life And Helping Young People Generally (Including But Not Limited To Special Needs) By Developing Their Skills, Capacities And Capabilities To Enable Them To Participate In Society As Independent, Mature And Responsible Individuals.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
What
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, People With Disabilities

Geography

Local Authority
Birmingham City, Dudley, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 June 12, 2026On time £30,757 £31,495
Dec. 31, 2024 June 30, 2025On time £33,086 £43,056
Dec. 31, 2023 June 7, 2024On time £58,910 £65,025
Dec. 31, 2022 May 16, 2023On time £21,088 £30,965
Dec. 31, 2021 Aug. 3, 2022On time £40,754 £25,455
Dec. 31, 2020 July 29, 2021 £34,142 £26,298

Trustees

Name Appointed
Candia Helen Compton (Chair) Nov. 25, 2014
Benjamin Ian Compton Nov. 25, 2014
Catriona Margaret Salmon Nov. 25, 2014
Christopher Compton Nov. 25, 2014
Frank Julian Evan Salmon Nov. 25, 2014
Janine Emma Cobain Nov. 25, 2014
Madeleine Cobain July 16, 2018