SOCIETY OF PLOUGHMEN LTD

Registered charity 1062780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOCIETY OF PLOUGHMEN LIMITED

Organise annual British National Ploughing Championships and training/schools for ploughing

Objects

4. The charity's objects ('Objects`) are specifically restricted to the following:(1) The advancement of agriculture by promoting and encouraging the art, skill and science of ploughing the land; (2) In furtherance of the Object at 4(1) above but not otherwise:(a) To promote an Annual British National Ploughing Championship to be held each year in Great Britain;(b) To organise and administer training sessions to those wishing to learn more about the art, skill and science of ploughing the land;(c) To co-operate with similar organisations in other countries in organising World, European and other international ploughing championships, and to provide official representatives for England on the Board of the World Ploughing Organisation, European ploughing organisations or other body or bodies organising International Championship Matches;(d) To provide facilities whereby the premier winners at local ploughing matches residing in Great Britain can, by virtue of their success, compete for the British National Ploughing Championship and by such means foster and maintain a high standard of ploughing skills;(e) To provide facilities for the England Champions, by virtue of their success, to compete for the World, European and other International Championship Matches and by such means foster and maintain a high standard of ploughing skills; and (f) To provide facilities for demonstration works and trade displays at the British National Ploughing Championships where possible.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,417 for the year ended 30 November 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £335,312 are sufficient to meet their stated policy of covering at least two years of expenditure. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

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What the accounts disclose

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Trustees · trustee networks

• CHARLES WILLIAM HALLIDAY
• David John Thomlinson
• Graham Charles Sutton
• JOHN PATRICK HILL
• John David Chappell
• Martin Daniel Kerswell
• Nigel Stuart Vickers
• Robert William Firth Laybourn
• Stephen James Cheeseman

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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