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Section A Reference and administration details
| Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address |
Willderland Farm |
Willderland Farm |
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| 1182071 | ||
| 4 Ramsey Road | ||
| Ely | ||
| Postcode | CB7 4RL |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Michelle Griffiths- Reeve |
Secretary | |||
| Lewis Crowder | ||||
| Rebecca Taylor | ||||
| Johnathan Griffiths- Reeve |
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| Sam Hurst | ||||
| Peter Lennard | ||||
| Andrew Dunlop | ||||
| Claire Law | ||||
| Will Birkin | Chair | |||
| Hannah Sprowell | Vice-Chair | |||
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
| Name | Dates acted if not for whole year |
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| N/A | |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
N/A
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Charitable Incorporated Organisation Constitution Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Proposed by existing trustees and appointed at trustee meetings
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
We are an accredited Care Farm with Social Farms and Gardens https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/. Our Codes of Practice have been reviewed and are available from our website www.willderland.com. All trustees and volunteers leading activities with children will have had a full a DBS check.
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system
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and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Relief of those in need
We will be relieving the needs of people with learning disabilities, autism, or mental health problems, by providing access to calm, natural setting, within which they can participate in farming activities.
Education
Summary of the objects of the To advance the education of the public in the subject of horticulture, charity set out in its governing animal husbandry, and the natural environment. document Advancement of Environmental Protection or Improvement
To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection, and improvement of the physical and natural environment by promoting biological diversity and providing opportunities to participate in the enhancement of habitats and species surveys.
All trustees have read the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
We have developed Codes of Practice to ensure we operate to the Social Farms and Gardens accredited standard.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity Throughout the year, we conducted regular therapeutic visits with a during the year number of adults and children with leaning disabilities, as well as groups such as Red Balloon and Cambridge Rare Disease Network. We also initiated weekly home education sessions, which have been very successful, with feedback that these sessions are a great complement to or expansion upon the core education programme parents are conducting at home.
This year, we ran several successful events at the farm, including Easter, Halloween, and a spring event themed on mystical creatures. All events were well attended, with the Easter event proving to be the most popular. Schools advertised the events, which meant we had lots of local children participating. We received fantastic feedback and many attendees visited the farm again. We also attended a local event, The Aldreth Fair, which was valuable in generating interest in and raising money for the farm.
There was an unexpected visit from an American university in the spring: some students studying for a postgraduate qualification in sustainable business at Redlands University in Los Angeles, who were visiting Cambridge wanted to visit a sustainable organisation in the surrounding countryside and chose us. We had a very fun visit and one of their students even whittled a pen for us from a branch from one of our hawthorn bushes.
The biggest change at the farm was the animal additions – both donkeys and ducks. The donkeys in particular required a lot of preparation before they arrived in terms of fencing and housing, but once they arrived, Aggie and Charity settled like a dream, and people on therapeutic visits have loved grooming and feeding them. We were also given two Peking ducks,
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Section D Achievements and performance
Cheese & Quackers: cheese, in particular is a hit with visitors as she is a very calm duck and content to be picked up.
We enhanced the site with some swings that have been a fun addition for children that visit the site. And we constructed a large raised bed out of railway sleepers for growing pumpkins and potatoes. For mucking out the donkeys and mulching the site, we got our famous big blue wheel barrow (that so much depends upon). Support from RSPB Operation Turtle Dove has continued, with both seed and advice, helping to ensure the turtle doves return and breed. Finally, we got a lot of social media interest when Graham - our literal and figurative - black sheep went on the run. He covered some distance. And (based on reports) almost made it to Earith. In the end he was captured on College Farm, following a sighting, the assistance of a skilled drone operator, and the patience and efforts of a lot of the trustees and volunteers.*
- Graham seems unaffected by his experience. If anything he is now a more confident sheep.
Section E Financial review
Willlderland Farm CIO trustees ensure that grant funding is applied in Brief statement of the accordance with the terms of the grant funding agreement. The trustees charity’s policy on reserves also obtain donations and loans to cover on-going expenses. Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
We are funded through donations and grants and will continue to be.
You may choose to include additional information, where All expenditure is made to help us achieve our charitable objectives. relevant about:
the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| ed on behalf of the charity’s trustees | ed on behalf of the charity’s trustees | ed on behalf of the charity’s trustees |
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| Signature(s) Will Birkin Will Birkin Full name(s) Will Birkin Michelle Griffiths Reeve Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Secretary Date 23/01/2026 |
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| Willderland Farm CIO 1 |
Willderland Farm CIO 1 |
Willderland Farm CIO 1 |
182071 | CC16a | |
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| For the period from |
4/1/2024 | To | 3/31/2025 | ||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| A1 Receipts Donations 17,452 Insurance claim - Grants - Loans - Gift Aid - - - - 17,452 - - Sub total - Total receipts 17,452 A3 Payments Sundries and consumables 3,946 Insurance 2,048 Equipment 1,405 Livestock expenses 2,514 Loans - Repairs and maintenance 3,430 Improvements 4,367 Sub total 17,710 - - Sub total - Total payments 17,710 Net of receipts/(payments) - 258 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 269 Cash funds this year end 11 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 17,452 - - - - - - - 17,452 - - - 17,452 3,946 2,048 1,405 2,514 - 3,430 4,367 17,710 - - - 17,710 - 258 - 269 11 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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17,452 | 7,087 | |||
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3,946 | 938 | |||
| 2,048 | 1,765 | ||||
| 1,405 | 1,076 | ||||
| 2,514 | 949 | ||||
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| 3,430 | 828 | ||||
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| 17,710 | 8,456 | ||||
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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 Bank account Details Details Details Details Signature Michelle Griffiths-Reeve Will Birkin Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 11 - - - - - 11 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Michelle Griffiths-Reeve Will Birkin Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Date of approval |
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| Michelle Griffiths-Reeve | Michelle Griffiths-Reeve | 1/31/2026 | |
| Will Birkin | Will Birkin | 1/31/2026 |