GOSFORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1176889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To organise an annual event run by volunteers to bring together the rural community. To encourage agriculture and awareness that includes all ages and genders. To encourage local schools to get involved in the event. Also the disabled and elderly who have been involved with agriculture and can meet friends and neighbours they might not see often as we are in rural area.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £119,785, with total net assets of £122,753. The charity reported a net income surplus of £5,013 for the year ended 31 October 2025. The trustees confirmed there are no material 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10735714

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• OSTLE, Elizabeth — director, appointed 06/03/2024on trustee list
• MOUNSEY, Grant — director, appointed 06/03/2024on trustee list
• HILTON, David William — director, appointed 06/03/2024on trustee list
• HILTON, James — director, appointed 06/03/2024on trustee list
• PARK, John Lee — director, appointed 24/04/2017on trustee list
• PRATT, Michelle — director, appointed 24/04/2017on trustee list
• SIBBALD, Robert Alexander — director, appointed 24/04/2017on trustee list
• STRAND, Lillian Ruby — director, appointed 24/04/2017on trustee list
• GATE, Frank — director, appointed 24/04/2017on trustee list
• NICHOL, John — director, appointed 24/04/2017on trustee list
• NORMAN, Tyson Barry — director, appointed 24/04/2017on trustee list
• WATSON, Julia — secretary, appointed 24/04/2017

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN LEE PARKchair
• David William Hilton
• Elizabeth Ostle
• FRANK GATE
• Grant Mounsey
• JOHN NICHOL
• James Hilton
• LILLIAN RUBY STRAND
• MICHELLE PRATT
• ROBERT ALEXANDER SIBBALD
• TYSON BARRY NORMAN

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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