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St Werburghs City Farm

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
297091
Status
Registered
Registered
June 29, 1987
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
02114442

Address

Address
St. Werburghs City Farm
Watercress Road
Bristol
BS2 9YJ

Activities

We provide educational and recreational services including:-- a working livestock farm, gardens, playground, open daily 360 days a year with free entry- animal husbandry training- horticultural training for adults with learning difficulties- environmental youth work- community events- volunteer opportunities- community building hire- cafe

Objects: (1) To advance the education of the inhabitants of Inner City and East Bristol (hereinafter called the ?area of benefit?) and, in particular members who may be socially excluded, in agriculture, horticulture, home crafts, country life, conservation and related subjects and in the principles of self-discipline and good citizenship, through their leisure time activities that they develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities and grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and their conditions in life are improved.For the purpose of this clause ?socially excluded? means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society). (2) To advance the education of the inhabitants of the area of benefit in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.(3) To promote among the inhabitants of the area of benefit, humanity and morality by educating them in care and consideration for all animals and for these purposes to care for and exhibit animals in common agricultural and domestic use so that the public and particularly the younger members thereof, will learn a greater awareness of and appreciation for such animals. (4) To relieve people who are in need by reason of their disability or mental or physical illness or deprived inhabitants of the area of benefit by providing remedial recreational or therapeutic activity facilities for training and therapy in horticulture, conservation or related subjects, subject where appropriate to the consent of the medical advisers of such persons. (5) To provide education and training for young persons under the age of 25 years resident in the area of benefit who are in need of such education and training, so as to prepare them for any trade, occupation or service and thereby advance them in life and enable them to earn their own livelihood. (6) To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction of race, gender, disability , sexual orientation, religion or of political or other opinions by associating the local authorities and/or voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Disability, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
Who
Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Bristol City

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £764,954 £766,984 £472,013 26
March 31, 2024 £628,312 £672,096 £474,043 14
March 31, 2023 £577,313 £654,964 £517,827 15
March 31, 2022 £519,214 £665,434 £598,534 17
March 31, 2021 £616,133 £608,822 £748,796 16

Trustees

Name Appointed
Jacqueline Lois Barker (Chair) Sept. 26, 2022
Clara Daisy Greenwood Sept. 18, 2023
Dom Wood Nov. 17, 2025
Emma Morton Sept. 18, 2023
Fiona Jane McDonald July 26, 2025
Jess Bunyan Sept. 18, 2023
Keily Elvin Nov. 17, 2025
Lisa Pascoe Feb. 3, 2021
Shankari Raj Oct. 7, 2024
Thomas Hague Nov. 17, 2025