Dolen Ffermio (Farming Link)
What it does
To help people to become self-supporting and their conditions of life improved in two rural areas of Eastern Uganda. To work with partners in Uganda to provide education and training, develop permaculture techniques, goat-breeding and agro- forestry programmes. To promote awareness in the UK of world food and farming issues.
Its charitable purposes
1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISABILITY OF PEOPLE LIVING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OR ANY OTHER AREA OF BENEFIT IDENTIFIED BY THE TRUSTEES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BECOME SELF SUPPORTING AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (MAINLY IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE, POWYS AND SHROPSHIRE) IN WORLD FOOD AND FARMING ISSUES.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
- Elsewhere
- Shropshire
- Uganda
Area of benefit in its governing document: National and Overseas
Income and spending
In the year ending 28 February 2026, it had income of £55,774 and spent £61,100.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2026 | £55,774 | £61,100 | Not reported | 26 |
| 28 February 2025 | £33,719 | £39,669 | Not reported | 20 |
| 29 February 2024 | £44,810 | £55,374 | Not reported | 14 |
| 28 February 2023 | £56,250 | £40,430 | Not reported | 20 |
| 28 February 2022 | £30,975 | £26,572 | Not reported | 20 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 80%, from £30,975 in the year to 28 February 2022 to £55,774 in the year to 28 February 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 110% of its income in the year to 28 February 2026. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 28 February 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 29 February 2024 | £4,962 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 28 February 2023 | £19,848 from 1 grant | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
8 trustees run the charity.
- Lorna Anne BrownChair
- Cordelia Weedon
- Dr Benjamin William Jones
- Dr TIMOTHY SMITH
- Gideon Nadiope
- Lena Maren Arnold-Fritsch
- Peter Michael Gunnell
- Rona Dorothy Gunnell
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2026 | 28 December 2026 | Received 25 August 2026, 125 days early | Received 25 August 2026 |
| 28 February 2025 | 28 December 2025 | Received 7 August 2025, 143 days early | Received 7 August 2025 |
| 29 February 2024 | 29 December 2024 | Received 8 August 2024, 143 days early | Received 8 August 2024 |
| 28 February 2023 | 28 December 2023 | Received 2 November 2023, 56 days early | Received 2 November 2023 |
| 28 February 2022 | 28 December 2022 | Received 27 June 2022, 184 days early | Received 27 June 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1124195
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 27 May 2008
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20 MAY 2008 as amended on 29 Apr 2022
- Website
- www.dolenffermio.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.