THE MID-SOMERSET AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1012634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND THE COUNTRYSIDE

Objects

TO FOSTER AND IMPROVE THE PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE MID-SOMERSET AREA

Area of benefit: MID-SOMERSET AREA

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

Causes: Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £32,725 at year-end, with total unrestricted funds of £518,148. The charity reported a net movement in funds of (£5,887) for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from the previous year. The trustees confirmed that the reported reserves should enable the pursuit of the Society’s objectives in the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward James Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Holly Jeane Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian James Harvey
• Paul John Hooper OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROGER GRAHAM EDDY
• Zena Kay Pollard

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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