KESWICK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1160940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of agriculture generally by, in particular but not exclusively encouraging improvements in the breed of stock and management of land and the holding of exhibitions.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURE GENERALLY BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ENCOURAGING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BREED OF STOCK AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND THE HOLDING OF EXHIBITIONS

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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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit for the year of £20,424 and held unrestricted fund balances of £63,194 at the end of the period. The trustees consider that the current level of reserves ensures the sustainability of the charity and its ability to fulfil its objects for the foreseeable future. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Robinson Udale — “The Wrestling Section is generously sponsored once again by Robinson Udale, Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisors” (source page)
• Skinners Dog Feeds — “Prizes Kindly sponsored again this year by Skinners Dog Feeds” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARTIN PAUL RELPHchair
• Emma Abbott
• Haydn Roland Stewart Spedding
• Linda Grave · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAWKSHEAD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

• HAWKSHEAD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £78k
• HECKINGTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £373k
• GOSFORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £47k
• THE ANGLESEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £636k
• HADLEIGH FARMERS' AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £323k
• CHEPSTOW AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £54k

Side by side with its peers

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