DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1066401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORCHESTER AGRICULTRAL SOCIETY

Run the annual Dorset County Show incorporating classes for livestock, horticulture, homecraft and horses. Use the Show to promote agriculture in all its forms.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £9,986 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with total income of £907,883 and total expenditure of £919,321. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £437,274 fall slightly below the stated policy target of six to twelve months of gross expenditure, though the trustees consider there are sufficient funds to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Best
• Ian Michael Sargent · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jason Bowerman
• Karen Van Dijk
• Lucinda Wakely
• Paul Dunlop
• Rebecca HIll
• Stephanie Christine Addison
• William Hyde

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DUNSTER SHOW SOCIETY.

• DUNSTER SHOW SOCIETY income £251k
• DEVON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £3.0m
• THE DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £263k
• THE WESTMORLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £883k
• KINGTON HORSE SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £157k
• THREE COUNTIES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £8.0m

Side by side with its peers

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