THE JACOB SHEEP SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1026687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JACLUB, JSS

Advance and promote agriculture by improving the breed and promoting and encouraging the breeding of Jacob Sheep

Objects

TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE AGRICULTURE BY IMPROVING THE BREED AND PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE BREEDING OF JACOB SHEEP

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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Latest income
£62k
Latest spending
£79k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £15,311 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £294,484. The trustees report that the charity's unrestricted free reserves meet their stated policy requirement to cover administration for a year in the event of a collapse in the membership base.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to finance setting up a separate office for the Society, to fund such projects as the Board shall decide, and to cover the administration of the Society for a year in the event of a collapse in the membership base (held: £287k)
“The Trustees' Reserves Policy is to maintain unrestricted free reserves sufficient to finance setting up a separate office for the Society, to fund such projects as the Board shall decide, and to cover the administration of the Society for a year in the event of a collapse in the membership base.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£62k£79k
30/09/2024£83k£86k
30/09/2023£71k£77k
30/09/2022£75k£72k
30/09/2021£60k£45k

Common questions

Is THE JACOB SHEEP SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £15,311 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £294,484. The trustees report that the charity's unrestricted free reserves meet their stated policy requirement to cover administration for a year in the event of a collapse in the membership base. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.