SOUTHWELL AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1021210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to promote agriculture and to such end generally improve it in all branches and to encourage skill and industry in it and in all trades, crafts and professions connected with it. The principal activity of the charity is to promote the Southwell and District Annual Ploughing Match and Agricultural Show.

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Latest income

£233k

Latest spending

£208k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £297,108, maintaining a buffer of one and a half years of resource expenses as per the stated reserves policy. The charity reported a net income of £25,044 for the year, supported by investment gains, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023.” — page 10

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one and a half years resource expenses (held: £297k)

“the unrestricted funds not committed should equate to a minimum of one and a half years resource expenses.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Charitable activities with the trustees during the year totalled £2,370 (2023 £2,770).

“Charitable activities with the trustees during the year totalled £2,370 (2023 £2,770). 11. COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE The charity is a company limited by membership guarantees.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02748260

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.

LENNARD-JONES, Peter John — director, appointed 16/03/2026on trustee list
BINGHAM CRABB, Alison Margaret — director, appointed 10/03/2025not on trustee list
HAMMOND, Andrew Edward — director, appointed 10/03/2025on trustee list
HINCHLEY, Timothy John — director, appointed 06/03/2023on trustee list
ASHWORTH, John Bruce — director, appointed 06/03/2023on trustee list
JACKSON, John Patrick — director, appointed 05/03/2012on trustee list
TOOLEY, Samantha Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 01/12/2023

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Bingham Crabb
Andrew Hammond
JOHN BRUCE ASHWORTH
JOHN PATRICK JACKSON
Peter Lennard-Jones
Timothy John Hinchley

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£233k	£208k
31/12/2023	£211k	£205k
31/12/2022	£196k	£199k
31/12/2021	£164k	£130k
31/12/2020	£18k	£28k

Common questions

Is SOUTHWELL AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £297,108, maintaining a buffer of one and a half years of resource expenses as per the stated reserves policy. The charity reported a net income of £25,044 for the year, supported by investment gains, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£40k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£3k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

ELLINGHAM AND RINGWOOD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £181k
WEST GRINSTEAD & DISTRICT PLOUGHING & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £104k
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £365k
BAKEWELL AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY income £206k
THE NEWBURY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £900k
THE ROYAL WELSH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £7.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTHWELL AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY	£233k	—	above	—	no doubt
ELLINGHAM AND RINGWOOD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025	£181k	—	above	—	noted
WEST GRINSTEAD & DISTRICT PLOUGHING & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2024	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£365k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BAKEWELL AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025	£206k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NEWBURY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2024	£900k	—	below	—	no doubt

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