Dutch Spotted Sheep Society

Registered charity 1171992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DSS(UK), DUTCH SPOTTED SHEEP (UK)

Education programmes, training courses, classes, lectures, seminars & publications about breeding, development & good husbandry of DSS. The advancement of heritage, culture and science through the promotion, encouragement and development of DSS as a breed and their role within the agricultural community in the UK, the ROI & elsewhere; The advancement of animal welfare in relation to DSS.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THELAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THEPROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT, PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREEDINGOF DUTCH SPOTTED SHEEP (HEREAFTER CALLED DSS) AND INCLUDES SHEEP KNOWN AS ÔNEDERLANDSBONTE SCHAAPÖ AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PURITY OF THE BREED.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THEPURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEEINVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial position is strong, with unrestricted reserves held at £297,927. The charity reported a profit for the year, driven by an unpredicted increase in female registrations. There are no disclosed uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward Adamsonchair
• Andrew Robert Beattie
• Charmain Rose Plummer
• Eilidh Hortin
• Gemma Clare Stanford
• Greg Haste
• Jonathan Andrew Marshall
• Martin Quinn
• Nicholas Leslie brown
• Pamela Anne Parker
• Sian Jones
• William Joseph Campbell

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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