GLENDALE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1187662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education and skills particularly in agriculture, the environment and all related or ancillarysubjects; and to advance such other charitable purposes related to agriculture and the environment as the directorsand trustees shall decide.

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Latest income

£162k

Latest spending

£183k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Society reported a deficit of £20,552 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £55,298 from £75,850 the previous year. The trustees report that they adhere to a reserving policy to ensure sufficient funds for unexpected expenditure, such as show cancellations. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the Society has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient amount to provide for unexpected expenditure, which includes the provision for the cancellation of a Show in any year (held: £55k)

“The directors and trustees have accumulated reserves within the Society to ensure that there is a sufficient amount to provide for unexpected expenditure, which includes the provision for the cancellation of a Show in any year” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Dennis Hurst
Ian Frederick Murray
Jayne Esther Watson
Martin John Straker
Nicholas Edward Hume Hargreave
Robert Armstrong Brown
Sophie Robson Wilson
Thomas Edmund Burston · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£162k	£183k
30/09/2024	£164k	£165k
30/09/2023	£159k	£175k
30/09/2022	£156k	£146k
30/09/2021	£41k	£52k

Common questions

Is GLENDALE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Society reported a deficit of £20,552 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £55,298 from £75,850 the previous year. The trustees report that they adhere to a reserving policy to ensure sufficient funds for unexpected expenditure, such as show cancellations. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the Society has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.