OSWESTRY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1078455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OSWESTRY SHOW

Promotion of Agriculture in and around the Oswestry area

Objects

TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AND TO SUCH END GENERALLY TO IMPROVE IT IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AND TO ENCOURAGE SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN IT AND IN ALL TRADES, CRAFTS AND PROFESSIONS CONNECTED WITH IT TO INCLUDE AN ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL 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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total incoming resources of £247,568 against expenditure of £218,700, resulting in a net surplus of £28,868 for the year. Total unrestricted funds carried forward are £172,648, which includes £120,372 in unrestricted reserves accumulated prior to incorporation. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 03792982

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wynnstay — “Proudly sponsored by Wynnstay - supporting the future of British agriculture and championing rural communities at one of the UK's top one-da…” (source page)

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.

• GOODALL, Simon James — director, appointed 20/02/2024on trustee list
• WARD, Janet Margaret — director, appointed 11/02/2021on trustee list
• JONES, Jonathan Mark — director, appointed 23/02/2017on trustee list
• KEMPSTER, David Birch — director, appointed 23/02/2017on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Malcolm Richard — director, appointed 27/02/2014on trustee list
• HUGHES, Jonathan Fenwick — director, appointed 21/02/2013on trustee list
• ELLIS, David Jones — director, appointed 23/02/2006on trustee list
• JONES, Philip Eaton — director, appointed 22/02/2001on trustee list
• HAMER, Russell John — director, appointed 22/02/2001on trustee list
• WHITTINGHAM, Nigel William Lloyd — director, appointed 10/02/2000on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Susanne Amanda Mandy — secretary, appointed 23/02/2006

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Birch Kempsterchair
• DAVID JONES ELLIS
• JONATHAN FENWICK HUGHES
• Janet Margaret Ward
• Jonathan Mark Jones
• Malcolm Richard Roberts
• NIGEL WILLIAM LLOYD WHITTINGHAM
• PHILIP EATON JONES
• RUSSELL JOHN HAMER
• Simon James Goodall

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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