BAKEWELL AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1045165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAKEWELL SHOW

The staging of agricultural & horticultural events to help bring town and country together and to promote understanding of the rural way of life.

Objects

1.TO PROMOTE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREEDING AND REARING OF LIVESTOCK. 2.THE INVENTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 3.THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN AGRICULTURE HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 4.TO HOLD AN ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

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

£206k

Latest spending

£204k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £519,438, supported by total income of £205,998 against total expenditure of £203,993. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds significant fixed asset investments valued at £440,082.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02949715 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

MADIN, Harry Alan — director, appointed 10/08/2025on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Margaret Ann — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
MOORCROFT, John Andrew — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
CLAYTON, Paul James — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
TIPPLE, Anne — director, appointed 29/05/2018on trustee list
ROBBINS, Linda Jane — director, appointed 01/09/2015on trustee list
ELSE, Ian Thomas — director, appointed 17/04/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Ian Elsechair
ANNE TIPPLE · trustee of 1 other charity
Harry Madin
John Andrew Moorcroft
LINDA JANE ROBBINS · trustee of 2 other charities
Margaret Ann Williams
Paul James Clayton

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£206k	£204k
31/12/2024	£239k	£191k
31/12/2023	£179k	£171k
31/12/2022	£150k	£167k
31/12/2021	£84k	£84k

Common questions

Is BAKEWELL AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £519,438, supported by total income of £205,998 against total expenditure of £203,993. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds significant fixed asset investments valued at £440,082. Its FY2025 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
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BAKEWELL TOWN & COMMUNITY TRUST.

BAKEWELL TOWN & COMMUNITY TRUST income £131k
SOUTHWELL AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £262k
THE NEWBURY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £900k
THE TENBURY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £257k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL, SAINTS, BAKEWELL WITH ST. ANNE, OVER HADDON income £175k
THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £352k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BAKEWELL AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY	£206k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BAKEWELL TOWN & COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHWELL AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2024	£262k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE NEWBURY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2024	£900k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE TENBURY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£257k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL, SAINTS, BAKEWELL WITH ST. ANNE, OVER HADDON FY2024	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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