ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LTD

Registered charity 1152908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The holding of an annual Agricultural Show

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURE GENERALLY BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF STOCK, THE HOLDING OF EXHIBITIONS AND SUCH OTHER METHODS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. (B) THE SUPPORT, FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE, OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION, INSTITUTIONS, PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 held unrestricted reserves of £379,429 at the end of the financial year, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that this surplus is held to secure future activities and cover potential catastrophic failures, noting the absence of cancellation insurance. The charity's operations resulted in a net income surplus for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/03/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angus William Bennion
• Fiona Elizabeth Mansfield
• Guy Roland John Mansfield
• Iris Edith Pollard
• Jane Elizabeth Armson
• John Martin Crane
• Louise Livesey
• MARTIN PETER GREENFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARTYN ADAMS
• Matthew Andrew Hancock
• STUART JAMES WILSON
• Thomas Albert Milner

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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