## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/07/2024 Period start date To 30/06/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: The Farmschool** ## **Charity registration number:1161991** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The Farmschool is a charity dedicated**
**to promoting and advancing awareness**
**in everyone but particularly 10-18 year**
**old school children of where their food**
**comes from, how it is produced and**
**how farmers preserve the environment**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Delivering a programme for Key Stage 4**
**(14-16 year old students) to help bring to**
**life the topics of provenance, food**
**labelling, assurance standards, primary**
**production and sustainability.**
**We also held two schools weeks which**
**were widely advertised combining**
**activities and experiences with a**
**pumpkin farm and sunflower farm**
**during September and October. We**
**have also hosted a number of small SEN**
**groups**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, they have**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We apply for grants when required to**
**help us deliver specific programmes.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The majority of our beneficiaries have**
**never visited a farm before. We**
**endeavour to enrich their lives through**
**experiencing and exploring the role of**
**the countryside. We are endeavouring**
**to raise our activities into the local**| |||**community with more farm walks and**
**talks**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Trustee and Chair Ian Pigott is present**
**to oversee each visit. Our bee keepers**
**volunteer, and farm staff are present to**
**help with visits**
**All of our administration is delivered by**
**a volunteer.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
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|SORP reference|SORP reference|SORP reference| |---|---|---| |||| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Interest has continued to grow. We**
**have delivered our programme in house**
**and also volunteered elsewhere sharing**
**our expertise.**
**We have visits from a number of**
**schools from underserved**
**backgrounds. Some of the interest in**
**pursuing a career in farming and**
**environmental services has been**
**piqued. We have continued to advise**
**and give talks to other charities, farming**
**organisations and interest groups on**
**the importance of a ground-based**
**knowledge of green space, habitats,**
**biophilia and food production.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Outcomes have been exceeded. More**
**impactful delivery. Advising others of**
**the importance of the space within**
**which our charity operates.**
**Reconnecting young people with the**
**outdoors, food and farming**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**None.**
**This past year we have continue to**
**largely self fund.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We have delivered more charitable work**
**without charge. Therefore our cash**
**position is strong.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We are looking to employ a part time**
**person who will assist with bookings**
**and general administration. We**
**appointed someone but they had to step**
**away for personal reasons. We are**
**looking again.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**41882.48**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |||| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Being able to service the demand with**
**our resources**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Expertise in education, food trends,**
**retail, and agriculture.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**The Trustees have been kept updated of**
**the charity’s performance and targets.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name The Farmschool
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1161991
Charity’s principal address The Farmschool
Annables Farm
Kinsbourne Green
Harpenden
Herts
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Ian Pigott
2 Susan Siddall
3 Victoria Harris
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|| |---|---| ||Ian Pigott| ||
Chair| ||30/04/26| ||30/04/26| ||Charity Name

The Farmschool
1|Charity Name

The Farmschool
1|Charity Name

The Farmschool
1|No (if any)
161991|CC16a| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||For the period
from|Period start date
7/1/2024|To
|Period end date
6/30/2025|| ||||||| |Section A Receipts and payments|||||| |to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
1,492
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1,492
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_Sub total_-
_Total receipts_ 1,492
A3 Payments
567
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-
_Sub total_ 567
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-
_Sub total_ -
_Total payments_ 567
_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 925
A5 Transfers between funds
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
25,958
_Cash funds this year end_ 26,883
Unrestricted
funds
_Sub total(Gross income for AR)_
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)||Restricted funds
to the nearest £
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-
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15,000
15,000|to the nearest £
Endowment
funds|Total funds
to the nearest £
1,492
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1,492
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1,492
567
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567
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567
925
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40,958
41,883|Last year
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-|925|-| |||-||-|-| |||15,000||40,958|-| |||15,000||41,883|-| ## Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period |Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Details
Details
Details
Details
Details
Signature
_Total cash funds_
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
26,883
15,000
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26,883
15,000
OK
OK
Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Cost (optional)
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Cost (optional)
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Print Name
Ian Pigott
Unrestricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Fund to which asset
belongs
Fund to which asset
belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)|to nearest £
Endowment
funds| |---|---|---|---| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||OK| ||||to nearest £
Endowment
funds| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||Current value
(optional)| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||Current value
(optional)| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||-| ||||When due
(optional)| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Ian Pigott|30.04.26|