ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

Registered charity 1101337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RASC

The Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth encourages the interchange of information about and the development of sustainable agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture and the rural environment throughout the Commonwealth.The principal objective is to hold a biennial Commonwealth Conference giving RASC members and other bodies the opportunity to explore mutual interests and problems.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR TO SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT UTILISATION OF LAND GIVING FULL REGARD TO THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION AND TO ENCOURAGE AND ARRANGE THE INTERCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND AQUACULTURE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND AS AN ANCILLARY TO THE FORGOING OBJECT:1. TO ENCOURAGE, STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE THE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS AND BONDS BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH;2. TO ASSIST THE MEMBER SOCIETIES TO CARRY OUT THEIR OBJECTS BY ARRANGING FOR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES OR DELEGATES TO HOLD CONFERENCES THUS ENABLING THE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS AND DISCUSSIONS OF MUTUAL PROBLEMS;3. TO ENCOURAGE THE PROMOTION AND EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH;4. IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY DO NOT EXIST, TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND THEIR FUNCTION IN PROMOTING THE ABOVE OBJECTS;5. TO ENCOURAGE THE EXCHANGE OF YOUNG FARMERS, TECHNICIANS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE PROFESSIONS ALLIED TO FARMING; AND6. TO KEEP UNDER REVIEW IMPORT AND EXPORT STANDARDS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES OF THE MEMBER SOCIETIES IN SO FAR AS THEY ACCEPT THE MOVEMENT AND HEALTH OF LIVESTOCK AND THE QUALITY OF AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURE.

Area of benefit: THE COMMONWEALTH

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £9,068 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £32,304 and total expenditure of £38,697. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £272,104 are considered sufficient to support operations for at least twelve months, and the society is exempt from formal audit.

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.

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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Risk management
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• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ALLAN MURRAY
• BREYTON DEVON MILFORD
• Christine Knipe · trustee of 3 other charities
• Christopher Paul Riddle
• Daniel O'Connor
• JULIAN RICHARD LOMBE TAYLOR · trustee of 2 other charities
• James Woide Godfrey
• Janelle Olivia Anderson
• Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett · trustee of 7 other charities
• SIMON ORPWOOD
• Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon Bt KCVO · trustee of 2 other charities
• Theresa Morrissey
• Timothy Bruce Lindeman Capp
• Tobie Raymond Payne
• WILLIAM PRICHARD
• William F Arnot
• William John Streatfeild

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Known funders

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