THE GREAT ECCLESTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1104640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity promotes rural industry and agriculture for the benefit of the public, to encourage skill and industry in agriculture and all trade, crafts and professions connected with agriculture through demonstrations and exhibitions of livestock, machinery, crafts, methods and processes connected with agriculture methods in the Fylde area of Lancashire.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £132,912 for the year, reducing total unrestricted funds from £2,315,094 to £2,182,182. The trustees consider the financial position to be very good and adequate to support the show's future. The charity is not audited but subject to independent examination.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £95k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~38.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (90% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James David Warren
• James Edward Bracken
• Janet Ann Simpson
• Jayne Audrey Eckersley
• John Aubrey Greenhalgh
• SARA ELIZABETH FRYARS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Louise Hewitt

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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