THE DEXTER CATTLE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1000520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public at large by registering, monitoring and exhibiting Dexter Cattle and investigating the encouraging the efficient breeding of Dexter Cattle with a view to improving and increasing the numbers of the Breed.Attracting, supporting and retaining members to enable us to fulfil our objects. Conserving the breed through consistant application of support.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BY REGISTERING, MONITORING AND EXHIBITING DEXTER CATTLE AND INVESTIGATING AND ENCOURAGING EFFICIENT BREEDING OF DEXTER CATTLE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING AND INCREASING THE NUMBERS OF THE BREED

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £6,471 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £89,846 and total expenditure of £96,317. Per the trustees' report, free reserves in unrestricted funds were £49,542, which is below the stated policy target of six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Dexter Cattle Society (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Candice King
• Carole Bickerton
• Desmond Bloomer
• Jason David Bennett
• Kay Darnbrook
• Linda McKendrick
• Ryan Joseph Lavery
• Susan Jean McCullough

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Belgium · Canada · France · Germany · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Italy · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Northern Ireland

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