DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUST

Registered charity 201135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING CENTRE, DARTINGTON HALL CATTLE BREEDING CENTRE

To improve the quality and health of livestock in Great Britain for the benefit of the public by furthering research, disseminating the useful results of research, supporting new entrants to livestock farming and others developing their livestock enterprises and otherwise furthering education in livestock breeding, animal husbandry and related subjects.

Objects

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND HEALTH OF LIVESTOCK IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY FURTHERING RESEARCH, DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH, SUPPORTING NEW ENTRANTS TO LIVESTOCK FARMING AND OTHERS DEVELOPING THEIR LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISES AND OTHERWISE FURTHERING EDUCATION IN LIVESTOCK BREEDING, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND RELATED SUBJECTS

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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: South Hams, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £5,353,493 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The charity maintains these reserves to meet approved grant applications and fund future research work, with no stated policy target for a specific reserve level. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable regulations.

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 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID JOHN ANNINGchair
• ANGUS NEIL COTTEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Frances Priest · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Peter Roberts · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER COURTENAY SMERDON · trustee of 1 other charity
• RACHEL HELEN KNOWLES
• RICHARD JAMES SIBLEY

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH CATTLE BREEDERS CLUB LIMITED.

• BRITISH CATTLE BREEDERS CLUB LIMITED income £67k
• DONKEY BREED SOCIETY income £86k
• THE DEXTER CATTLE SOCIETY income £90k
• DESTITUTE ANIMALS SHELTER income £569k
• CRUELTY FREE INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £928k
• THE BRITISH BLUE CATTLE SOCIETY income £131k

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