STEPNEY CITY FARM
Company number 06855753 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Stepney City Farm holds a strategically unique position as an irreplaceable urban green asset in a deprived London borough, supported by a professionally diverse board and deep community trust. However, the 33% decline in net assets over two years demands immediate investigation—without corrective action, the organisation risks exhausting its reserves within a finite timeframe. The path forward requires urgent financial stabilisation, followed by systematic monetisation of the physical asset through events, educational programming, and diversified funding to reduce grant dependency.
Shareholders' funds
£174,022
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 2009-03-23
- Employees
- 16 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Stepney City Farm, Stepney Way, London, E1 3DG
- Postcode
- E1 3DG
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-10
- Next due by
- 2027-01-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified
Officers 10 current · 35 resigned
Registered charity
STEPNEY CITY FARM — charity number 1136448
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- stepneycityfarm.org
Stepney City Farm is a 4.5 acre working farm; a rural oasis in the heart of Tower Hamlets. We offer the chance to meet farm animals and learn how to grow food
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| STEPPING STONES FARM | 2009-12-08 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O THUY HO PREUVENEERS, STEPNEY CITY FARM STEPNEY WAY, LONDON, E1 3DG | 2015-04-18 |
| C/O EMMA BACK, STEPNEY CITY FARM STEPNEY WAY, LONDON, E1 3DG, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-03-20 |
| STEPPING STONES FARM STEPNEY WAY, STEPNEY, LONDON, E1 3DG | 2011-03-29 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 322 similar companies in E
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (16 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2009.
Competitors London
This company ranks 29 among other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 2009
20%
of the 1,236 companies in this sector incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 79% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2024-07-10
- Where
- Greater London (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL625936 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-07-10 | — |
| AGL609204 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2022-10-21 | — |
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