COFARM FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received Late
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 12 March 2021
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 12267456
Financial period: 1 November 2023 – 31 October 2024
Latest income: £205,444
Latest expenditure: £186,440
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: ALLIA FUTURE BUSINESS CENTRE, KINGS HEDGES ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 2HY

Website recorded by the regulator: www.cofarm.co (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Cofarm Foundation supports the development and promotion of cofarming, which is community-based agroecological farming. The Foundation's first co-farming initiative is in Cambridge, where its wholly owned subsidiary CoFarm Cambridge is establishing a cofarm with and for the local community.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 7 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 7 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £205,444
Total Gross Expenditure: £186,440

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 28 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 28 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £206,634
Total Gross Expenditure: £179,390

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: 7 August 2023
Date Accounts Received: 7 August 2023
Total Gross Income: £100,891
Total Gross Expenditure: £119,152

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: 7 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 7 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £59,635
Total Gross Expenditure: £58,226

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Received Date: 7 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £205,444
Total Gross Expenditure: £186,440
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £35,996
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 7

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Received Date: 28 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £206,634
Total Gross Expenditure: £179,390
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £25,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 1

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: 7 August 2023
Total Gross Income: £100,891
Total Gross Expenditure: £119,152
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

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: 7 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £59,635
Total Gross Expenditure: £58,226
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 328

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: COFARM FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2021-03-12T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 OCT 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 MAR 2021
Charitable Objects: 1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND METHODS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY FARMS;B THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES THAT ENCOURAGE STRONGER NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS AND GREATER BIODIVERSITY;C PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY FARMING INITIATIVES; ANDD ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF COMMUNITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ENCOURAGING GREATER CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF COMMUNITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN HEALTH AND NUTRITION BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.IN THE OBJECTS 'COMMUNITY FARMING' MEANS CO-FARMING WHICH IS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED AGROECOLOGICAL FARMING AND 'COMMUNITY FARM' SHALL BE READ ACCORDINGLY

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries