NATIONAL BEEF ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1115366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The National Beef Association is a UK-wide organisation. It is dedicated to representing all who have an interest in cattle.

Objects

1) PRESERVE AND IMPROVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE GENERAL STANDARDS OF CATTLE, ESPECIALLY BEEF CATTLE, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE BREEDING OF BEEF CATTLE.2) IMPROVE GENERAL STANDARDS IN THE MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORT, SLAUGHTER AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE, ESPECIALLY BEEF CATTLE, AND OTHERWISE IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF BEEF, BY THE EDUCATION OF FARMERS AND FARM MANAGERS, VETERINARIANS, AUCTIONEERS, HAULIERS, THE MANAGERS OF ABATTOIRS, PROCESSORS AND RETAILERS OF FOOD AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.3) PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AND WORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY ENCOURAGING, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE GRAZING OF CATTLE.4) CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THE RELIEF IN CASES OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OF BEEF FARMERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THE DEPENDANTS OF BEEF FARMERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES, AS THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £12,094 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £690. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, relying on the continued support of its members. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 06/11/2025, 6 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 20/01/2025, 81 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 04/01/2024, 65 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 12/01/2023, 73 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Harmanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Rodger Laughton
• David Mitchell
• Doug Dear
• Dr Jude Louise Capper
• Gareth William Boyes
• James William Robert Herrick
• SARAH JANE TOMLINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEPHEN HEENAN
• William Peter Harper

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE BRITISH PIG ASSOCIATION income £123k
• NATIONAL SHEEP ASSOCIATION income £1.5m
• BRITISH BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• THE BRITISH SIMMENTAL CATTLE SOCIETY LIMITED income £458k
• ASSOCIATION OF SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS income £160k
• NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION income £707k

Side by side with its peers

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