KENT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1001191 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The holding of an annual show for the exhibition of livestock, farm & horticultural produce, machinery & other things pertaining to agriculture.The encouragement of rural education & the improvement of agriculture generally through the provision of awards and financial help to students.Raising awareness of agriculture to school children via school visits and the Living Land show.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the Group's and parent charitable company's affairs as at 30 September 2025. Per the auditors' report, the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate, with no material uncertainties identified that might cast significant doubt on the ability to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02556508

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kent County Agricultural Society (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MARA, Paul Andrew — director, appointed 01/06/2026not on trustee list
• KINGSNORTH, Hayley Louise — director, appointed 11/03/2026not on trustee list
• BOULDEN, Kristina — director, appointed 14/02/2025on trustee list
• BOOTH, Jonathan William — director, appointed 11/01/2023on trustee list
• CORNWALLIS, Fiennes Alexander Wykeham Martin, The Honourables — director, appointed 11/01/2023on trustee list
• CULLEN, Matthew Richard — director, appointed 11/01/2023on trustee list
• BOLAS, Nicholas Martin — director, appointed 18/02/2022on trustee list
• LAKELAND, Neil — director, appointed 12/02/2021on trustee list
• GAINES, Sarah Kathleen — director, appointed 12/02/2021on trustee list
• LORAINE, Janis Ann — director, appointed 14/02/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (53% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Elizabeth Seymour · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janis Ann Loraine
• Jonathan William Booth
• Kristina Boulden
• Matthew Richard Cullen
• Neil Lakeland
• Nicholas Martin Bolas
• Sarah Kathleen Gaines
• The Honorable Fiennes Alexander Wykeham M Cornwallis

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGTON HORSE SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

• KINGTON HORSE SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £157k
• STAFFORDSHIRE& BIRMINGHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £2.1m
• THREE COUNTIES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £8.0m
• UNITED COUNTIES AGRICULTURAL AND HUNTERS SOCIETY income £187k
• GILLINGHAM AND SHAFTESBURY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £463k
• CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY CIO income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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