WOOLSERY & DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW

Registered charity 1175580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOOLSERY SHOW

The main activity is to organise an agricultural Show every year, on the last Monday of July. The show works hard to retain it's agricultural roots, and attract local support, as well as educate and inform those with less countryside knowledge.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN TORRIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY HOLDING EXHIBITIONS AND CLASSES OF BREEDING AND OTHER STOCK, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND SUCH OTHER CLASSES, DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITIONS CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE AND THE SHOW AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES.(2) TO MAKE SUCH GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO SUCH REGISTERED CHARITIES AS THE TRUSTEES 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 generated a surplus of £5,601.09 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £47,449 and total expenditure of £41,448. The trustees report holding reserves of £56,000, which they state is required to meet the costs of completely cancelling a show due to unforeseen circumstances. The financial records were examined and confirmed correct by an independent examiner.

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 handling
• Complaints 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN BUTLER
• DEREK WALTER LOTT · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jonny Furse

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

Operates in: Devon

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