THE NEWBURY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1003898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GARDEN AND LEISURE SHOW, NEWBURY SHOW, THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE SHOW

To promote advance and improve for the public benefit agriculture, horticulture, forestry and rural crafts and skills in all their branches and forms and to encourage interest, skill and industry in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, rural crafts and skills and all trades, crafts, businesses, and professions connected therewith.

Objects

(1)TO PROMOTE ADVANCE AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES AND FORMS AND TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST, SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND ALL TRADES, CRAFTS, BUSINESSES, AND PROFESSIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH. (2)TO PROMOTE ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE,HORTICULTURE,FORESTRY AND RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS. (3)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NEED TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE WILD LIFE THEREOF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE HOLDING OF SHOWS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF LIVESTOCK, FARM PRODUCE, HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE, MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, ANIMAL FEED STUFFS, FERTILISERS, SEEDS AND OTHER THINGS APPERTAINING TO AGRICULTURE, FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTEREST, SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND AL TRADES, CRAFTS, BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNIQUES, CRAFTS, SKILLS, ADVANCES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH SHOWS TO JUDGE AND AWARD PRIZES

Area of benefit: NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £65,622 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves of £1,678,494 and free unrestricted reserves of £234,256. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves are within the charity's stated policy target of between one-quarter and one-half of the annual expenditure for the Newbury Show. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (61% 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: 13.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steven John Ackrillchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Parry
• Dame Susan Mary Bourne
• David John Cyril Barr
• Paul Frankel
• Simon Anthony John Pallett
• Steven Coventry

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWPORT AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

• NEWPORT AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £361k
• HECKINGTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £373k
• THE TENBURY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £257k
• PEMBROKESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £664k
• NEVERN AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY income £48k
• ASHOVER AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY income £165k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.