ROYAL ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH DAIRY FARMERS

Registered charity 213782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RABDF

The Association's objectives and principal activities continue to be the promotion of the improvement of the dairy stock, the dairy produce and the dairy industry of the UK.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUCCESSFUL AND SUSTAINABLE DAIRY FARMING SECTOR IN THE UK AND TO DO ALL SUCH FURTHER ACTS AND THINGS AS SHALL BE CONDUCIVE TO ITS INTERESTS.

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: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£492k
Latest spending
£452k
Registered
1962

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£562k
Total spending
£572k
Reserves (reported)
£891k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~18.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (39% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£492k£452k
31/03/2024£562k£572k
31/03/2023£1.1m£990k
31/03/2022£209k£325k
31/03/2021£162k£320k