KINGTON HORSE SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 215807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGTON SHOW

Annual Horse and Agricultural Show.Providing education to the local community of agricultural activities and skills

Objects

THE IMPROVEMENT, ASSISTANCE, AND PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL GENERALLY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF OBJECTS SEE RULES OF THE SOCIETY).

Area of benefit: KINGTON AND DISTRICT

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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Latest income
£135k
Latest spending
£130k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's general fund reserves increased by £4,792 to reach £192,335 at the end of the financial year. The trustees confirm the charity is in a very sound financial position, with reserves representing 148% of the year's expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Powys · Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£135k£130k
31/12/2024£157k£136k
31/12/2023£128k£123k
31/12/2022£132k£101k
31/12/2021£12k£15k

Common questions

Is KINGTON HORSE SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's general fund reserves increased by £4,792 to reach £192,335 at the end of the financial year. The trustees confirm the charity is in a very sound financial position, with reserves representing 148% of the year's expenditure.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2009£9kEducational Attractions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST1£236

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KINGTON HORSE SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY£135k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£352k—0unclear—no doubt
ELLINGHAM AND RINGWOOD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025£181k—0above—noted
KENT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025£2.7m—0unclear—no doubt
GILLINGHAM AND SHAFTESBURY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025£463k—0unclear—no doubt
BLASTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY FY2024£111k—0within—no doubt

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