THE WESTMORLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1067224 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q16903172 · Wikipedia · also known as WESTMORLAND COUNTY SHOW

Agricultural Society

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, ALLIED INDUSTRIES, RURAL CRAFTS, THE BREEDING OF LIVESTOCK, FORESTRY AND CONSERVATION AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE OLD COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND AND THOSE PARTS OF ADJOINING COUNTIES WHICH ARE WITHIN A FIFTY FIVE MILE RADIUS OF LANE FARM, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA. B) TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES OF THE SOCIETY SHALL THINK FIT

Area of benefit: THE OLD COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND AND THOSE PARTS OF ADJOINING COUNTIES WHICH ARE WITHIN A 55 MILE RADIUS OF LANE FARM, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£883k

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £4,660,580, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of approximately two years' costs for the annual show. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £135,068 for the year, driven by investment gains, and maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately two years' costs for the annual show (reserves figure: £4.7m)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to approximately two years' costs for the annual show.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Trustees received remuneration in the year totalling £11,119 (2024, £16,456), in respect of setting up events. No Trustee received remuneration in respect of their duty as a Trustee.

“Trustees received remuneration in the year totalling £11,119 (2024, £16,456), in respect of setting up events. No Trustee received remuneration in respect of their duty as a Trustee.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Expenditure in relation to charitable activities of £350 (2024 - £79) was paid to Mr P A Duckett.

“Expenditure in relation to charitable activities of £350 (2024 - £79) was paid to Mr P A Duckett.” — page 36

“Expenditure in relation to charitable activities of £79 (2024 - £Nil) was paid to Mr S Procter.” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Expenditure in relation to charitable activities of £79 (2024 - £Nil) was paid to Mr S Procter.

“Expenditure in relation to charitable activities of £350 (2024 - £79) was paid to Mr P A Duckett.” — page 36

“Expenditure in relation to charitable activities of £79 (2024 - £Nil) was paid to Mr S Procter.” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited. 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 300
Government income: £8,789 — grants £8,789 (1); under 1% of the £883,134 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 300
Government income: £16,141 — grants £16,141 (1); 2% of the £996,972 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 280
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income

£883k

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£65k

Reserves (reported)

£3.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~45.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 7.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MATTHEW HAROLD ROBINSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Anne Carter
Charles Geldard
DAVID ROBERT MARTIN
David Hall Fell
David Robert Galbraith
Frederick John Barnes
Jackie Holmes
Margaret Kelly
PAUL ANTHONY DUCKETT
STEPHEN PROCTER · trustee of 1 other charity
Thomas Edward Park

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£883k	£1.0m
31/10/2024	£997k	£1.0m
31/10/2023	£927k	£1.0m
31/10/2022	£852k	£946k
31/10/2021	£838k	£727k

Common questions

Is THE WESTMORLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £4,660,580, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of approximately two years' costs for the annual show. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £135,068 for the year, driven by investment gains, and maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2024	£6k	GCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTS
UK government	01/04/2024	£6k	GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP

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 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	1	£12k
THE WIGHT AID FOUNDATION	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLSWORTHY AND STRATTON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

HOLSWORTHY AND STRATTON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £120k
THE MID-SOMERSET AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £253k
THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £2.5m
KENILWORTH & DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £146k
GOSFORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £47k
SHROPSHIRE AND WEST MIDLANDS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £833k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WESTMORLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED	£883k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOLSWORTHY AND STRATTON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£120k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE MID-SOMERSET AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025	£253k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025	£2.5m	—	1	below	—	no doubt
KENILWORTH & DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GOSFORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025	£47k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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