HAWKSHEAD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 227716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Encouraging improvements in livestock and all areas of agriculture. Encouragement is through competitions, exhibitions and an annual show.

Objects

FOR PROMOTING THE BREED OF STOCK BY THE DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND FOR ENCOURAGING IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £14,426, resulting in unrestricted funds carried forward of £47,862. Per the trustees' report, income increased significantly due to record gate entries and a National Lottery Grant, while expenditure rose primarily due to the purchase of track mats. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amal Loring · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marianne Bell
• Rebecca WOLF
• Shaun Taylforth

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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