THE NATIONAL HONEY SHOW LIMITED

Registered charity 233656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage beekeeping through the medium of national and international competitive classes for honey and related products

Objects

The objects of the Charity are to advance the science of apiculture and for the benefit of the public (a) to support and encourage good apicultural husbandry and management, (b) to promote an awareness of the importance of bees in the environment and (c) to promote and further the craft of apiculture.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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
£112k
Latest spending
£112k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £20,421 for the period, driven by an unrealised investment gain of £20,417, while operating costs exceeded charitable income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £174,058, with a stated policy to maintain sufficient reserves to cover two years of operations in the unlikely event of zero income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves for the National Honey Show to continue for the next two years (held: £174k)
“The trustees' policy is to ensure there are sufficient reserves for the National Honey Show to continue for the next two years in the unlikely event that no income is generated.” — page 4
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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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
31/01/2025£112k£112k
31/01/2024£113k£117k
31/01/2023£100k£97k
31/05/2022£81k£90k
31/05/2021£45k£40k

Common questions

Is THE NATIONAL HONEY SHOW LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £20,421 for the period, driven by an unrealised investment gain of £20,417, while operating costs exceeded charitable income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £174,058, with a stated policy to maintain sufficient reserves to cover two years of operations in the unlikely event of zero income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/02/2013£7kIncreasing Public Access to Educational Content

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 JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1.4m
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL1£1.1m
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY1£15k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLASTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NATIONAL HONEY SHOW LIMITED£112k—0unclear—no doubt
BLASTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY FY2024£111k—0within—no doubt
HORNSEA DISTRICT LIONS CLUB FY2025£167k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£352k—0unclear—no doubt
TOTNES AND DISTRICT SHOW SOCIETY FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt

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