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EAST KENT PLOUGHING MATCH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 229527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage those employed in Agriculture and to award prizes for skills in ploughing with Tractors, Vintage & Horses, also for excellence in Crop Husbandry.The Charity also aims to educate the general public in the fundamentals of Agriculture and to impart a greater understanding on the relationship between Farming and the Environment.

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Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £9,444 for the year ended 31 December 2025, increasing total funds to £110,016. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves at a level equating to approximately two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £94,928, which exceeds the stated policy target based on the year's unrestricted expenditure of £57,929.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Activities for generating funds (86% of income)
“Activities for generating funds 3 56,292 5,275 61,567 50,554” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £95k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£67k£58k
31/12/2024£53k£42k
31/12/2023£56k£43k
31/12/2022£49k£38k
31/12/2021£39k£32k

Common questions

Is EAST KENT PLOUGHING MATCH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £9,444 for the year ended 31 December 2025, increasing total funds to £110,016. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves at a level equating to approximately two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £94,928, which exceeds the stated policy target based on the year's unrestricted expenditure of £57,929. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.