SHORTHORN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

Registered charity 213216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAIRY SHORTHORN

The principal activities and charitable objects are to encourage, promote and improve the breeding of Shorthorn cattle in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or elsewhere, and to compile and maintain a Herd Book of recognised and pure bred Shorthorn cattle.

Objects

TO MAINTAIN UNIMPAIRED THE PURITY AND TO ENCOURAGE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREED OF CATTLE KNOWN AS SHORTHORNS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£104k

Latest spending

£115k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a small surplus of £1,100 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £359,518. This reserve level significantly exceeds the trustees' policy target of covering one year of outgoing resources, with the accounts stating the reserves represent approximately three years of such resources. The financial review describes the results as satisfactory, noting that expenditure reductions helped offset a decrease in income compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to one years outgoing resources (reserves figure: £360k)

“The Society aims to hold financial reserves that cover up to one years outgoing resources.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Shorthorn Sires Limited

“The Society owns 100% of the issued share capital of Shorthorn Sires Limited” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
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Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Has a trading subsidiary

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

ARTHUR HENRY JAMES WHITTLE · trustee of 2 other charities
Adam John Lawson
Andrew Reilly
DAVID WINNINGTON
DENNIS HENRY CRAIG
David George Wainwright
David Madeley
Florence Mannerings
GWYNDAF JAMES
Ian Leighton Harries
Ian Richard George Collins
JONATHAN PEARN WYATT
JONATHAN RAYMOND FISHER
Jonathan Mann Fisher
ROBERT GEORGE KITE
SEIMON VIVIAN BOWEN THOMAS
Shaun Edward Dixon
Thomas Charles Moscrop
WENDY ANN YOUNG
William Albert Summerhayes Slade

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£104k	£115k
31/12/2024	£126k	£123k
31/12/2023	£86k	£129k
31/12/2022	£220k	£165k
31/12/2021	£130k	£96k

Common questions

Is SHORTHORN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a small surplus of £1,100 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £359,518. This reserve level significantly exceeds the trustees' policy target of covering one year of outgoing resources, with the accounts stating the reserves represent approximately three years of such resources. The financial review describes the results as satisfactory, noting that expenditure reductions helped offset a decrease in income compared to the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONGHORN CATTLE SOCIETY.

THE LONGHORN CATTLE SOCIETY income £78k
SALERS CATTLE SOCIETY OF THE UK LIMITED income £94k
THE HAMPSHIRE DOWN SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION income £73k
THE IRISH DRAUGHT HORSE SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) income £124k
THE JERSEY CATTLE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM income £204k
SOUTHDOWN SHEEP SOCIETY income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHORTHORN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND	£104k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LONGHORN CATTLE SOCIETY FY2025	£78k	—	above	—	no doubt
SALERS CATTLE SOCIETY OF THE UK LIMITED FY2025	£94k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HAMPSHIRE DOWN SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£73k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE IRISH DRAUGHT HORSE SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) FY2025	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JERSEY CATTLE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FY2025	£204k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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