PENISTONE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LTD

Registered charity 1182836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Fullfilling the Charity's objective to promote and advance agriculture and horticulture for the benefit of the public in Penistone & surrounding areas the Society holds a one-day agricultural show and supports and works with a number of local charitable organisations to enable it to bring the show to the public.

Objects

(1) to promote and advance agriculture and horticulture for the benefit of the public in Penistone 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, horticulture and the show as may be determined by the directors; thereby encouraging skill and industry in agriculture and in allied trades, craft and professions connected with the rural economy.(2) to make such grants and donations to such registered charities and voluntary organisations that benefit the public in Penistone and surrounding areas, as the directors/trustee’s shall from time to time determine.(3) to make such grants that assist residents in Penistone and the surrounding areas to further their education in trades, vocations, and professions linked to agriculture, horticulture or other trades connected to the rural economy, through recognised training by individuals or educational establishments.

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: Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £7,452 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £225,836 and expenditure of £218,383. The trustees report that the level of unrestricted reserves has been maintained in line with their policy of holding between three and six months' expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially misstated.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10781470 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• MEEK, Bruce William — director, appointed 21/11/2023on trustee list
• BASHAM, Patricia Helen — director, appointed 16/03/2021on trustee list
• WOODHAMS, Nathan — director, appointed 16/03/2021on trustee list
• CLEGG, Jacqueline Helen — director, appointed 19/02/2019on trustee list
• ALSOP, Patricia Mary — director, appointed 19/02/2019on trustee list
• HOYLAND, Nicholas — director, appointed 20/05/2017on trustee list
• OLIVER, Martin Rowarth — director, appointed 20/05/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bruce Meek
• JACQUELINE HELEN CLEGG
• MARTIN ROWARTH OLIVER
• NICHOLAS SCOTT HOYLAND
• Nathan Woodhams
• PATRICIA MARY ALSOP
• Patricia Helen Basham · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

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

• DALSTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £82k
• HONITON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £323k
• CHEPSTOW AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £54k
• ASHOVER AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY income £165k
• NEVERN AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY income £48k
• HOLSWORTHY AND STRATTON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £120k

Side by side with its peers

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