THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION

Registered charity 208858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R A B I

Farming's oldest and largest charity providing tailored support to those in need in the farming community, across England and Wales, who work and have worked in agriculture and their families.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £230k, driven by £3.78m in investment gains which offset an operational deficit of £3.55m. Free reserves were reported at £3.4m, while total reserves stood at £85.9m, with cash and liquid reserves at £49.9m. 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 audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

25 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (25 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 15/09/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 51.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Vivian Delme HARRIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diana Caroline Overton
• Graeme Taylor
• JEAN WOOLLISCROFT
• John Lelliott
• Mark Herrod · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUE LISTER
• Simon Philip Robson Thorp
• Terence John Jones
• Thomas Gary Rawson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FARMING COMMUNITY NETWORK.

• THE FARMING COMMUNITY NETWORK income £1.8m
• ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND income £1.9m
• THE FARMERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE FUND income £318k
• THE ROYAL COUNTRYSIDE FUND income £4.1m
• THE ROYAL WELSH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £7.8m
• EAST SUSSEX FARMERS' BENEVOLENT FUND income £106k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.