01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 6 November 1980
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 01513190
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £1,012,257
- Latest expenditure
- £1,008,947
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 35A, Market Place, OLNEY, Buckinghamshire, MK46 4AJ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.progressivefarmingtrust.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Progressive Farming Trust is committed to developing sustainable land management and food production systems based on organic/ agroecological principles; fostering knowledge exchange and influencing public debate with sound evidence, to help meet human nutritional needs with safe, affordable, high quality food that enhances the natural environment and ensures the health and wellbeing of all.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,012,257
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,008,947
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,273,251
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,526,656
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £747,132
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,086,256
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 June 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,191,608
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,221,096
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2019
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2020
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 June 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 June 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £2,163,903
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,393,506
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 18 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,012,257
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,008,947
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 4
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Contracts
- 265806
- Income From Government Grants
- £76,508
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 9 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,273,251
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,526,656
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 2
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Contracts
- 79848
- Income From Government Grants
- £60,140
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 31 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £747,132
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,086,256
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 3
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Income From Government Contracts
- 131409
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,191,608
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,221,096
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £7
- Income From Government Grants
- £234,090
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2019
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 17 June 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £2,163,903
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,393,506
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £9
- Income From Government Grants
- £144,799
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 5
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 18 December 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 25926
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1829
- Income Charitable Activities
- 954979
- Income Investments
- 28321
- Income Other
- 1202
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1012257
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £118,268
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £890,679
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1008947
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1652
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 244658
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 709
- Gain Loss Investment
- -10603
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £377,751
- Assets Total Fixed
- 898908
- Assets Own Use
- 173470
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 725438
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £594,598
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £67,303
- Assets Current Investment
- 369043
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,426,203
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 67303
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £129,290
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 377751
- Funds Restricted
- 1048452
- Funds Total
- 1426203
- Count Employees
- 19
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 9 December 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 121573
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 19736
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1087262
- Income Investments
- 39122
- Income Other
- 5558
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1273251
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £255,725
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,270,931
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1526656
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1432
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 365557
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1668
- Gain Loss Investment
- 57257
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £577,314
- Assets Total Fixed
- 956956
- Assets Own Use
- 198859
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 758097
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £565,889
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £89,349
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,433,496
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 89349
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £128,009
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 577314
- Funds Restricted
- 856182
- Funds Total
- 1433496
- Count Employees
- 21
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 31 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 159933
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 15869
- Income Charitable Activities
- 544853
- Income Investments
- 26477
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 747132
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £187,403
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £898,853
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1086256
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 8096
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 4281
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 337156
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 7320
- Gain Loss Investment
- -184906
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £931,072
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1039211
- Assets Own Use
- 178187
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 861024
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £678,286
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £66,068
- Assets Current Investment
- 355308
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,651,429
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 66068
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £210,690
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 931072
- Funds Restricted
- 720357
- Funds Total
- 1651429
- Count Employees
- 23
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 203029
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 5255
- Income Charitable Activities
- 517988
- Income Investments
- 244848
- Income Other
- 220488
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1191608
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £145,554
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,075,542
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1221096
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 9821
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 923
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 397876
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 9687
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,271,726
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1407622
- Assets Own Use
- 164966
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1242656
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £863,055
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £95,218
- Assets Current Investment
- 375186
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,175,459
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 95218
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £325,458
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1271726
- Funds Restricted
- 903733
- Funds Total
- 2175459
- Count Employees
- 21
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2019
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 17 June 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 143758
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 24274
- Income Charitable Activities
- 381038
- Income Investments
- 1120
- Income Other
- 1613713
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2163903
- Income Legacies
- 73000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £100,585
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,292,921
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1393506
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 10386
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 571913
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 28455
- Gain Loss Investment
- -20867
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,367,796
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1197703
- Assets Own Use
- 668565
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 529138
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,195,911
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £122,407
- Assets Current Investment
- 300464
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,271,207
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 122407
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £685,908
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1450202
- Funds Restricted
- 821005
- Funds Total
- 2271207
- Count Employees
- 20
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- PROGRESSIVE FARMING TRUST LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1980-11-06T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH AUGUST 1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 JUL 2019AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23 AUG 2019
- Charitable Objects
- 3 OBJECTS3.1 THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF, AND RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTS INTO AGRICULTURE, ORGANIC FARMING AND TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND APPROPRIATE OR INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY WHETHER WITHIN THE UK OR OTHERWISE.3.2 NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008
- Area Of Benefit
- THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 172047
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- EFRC
- Charity Name Id
- 172059
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- ELM FARM RESEARCH CENTRE ORGANIC ADVISORY SERVICE
- Charity Name Id
- 172072
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- THE ORGANIC RESEARCH CENTRE, ELM FARM
- Charity Name Id
- 172065
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- THE ORGANIC RESEARCH CENTRE
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures