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NATIONAL SHEEP ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 249255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC042853 (OSCR)

Acts as an umbrella organisation for the disemination of relevant information between sheep farmers and other organisations.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total closing reserves increased by 11.5% to £2,345,072, supported by strong investment performance and property revaluation gains. The trustees report a secure financial position with diverse income streams, noting that reserves are sufficient to draw upon if income falls below projections. The organization maintains a flexible balance between investments and working capital to manage cashflows.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 32
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: more than one month's salary costs at Head Office; 12 months expenditure for ram sales; 24 months expenditure for regions (held: £2.3m)
“The reserves policy for NSA continues to be to hold sufficient free reserves at NSA Head Office to cover more than one month's salary costs, for NSA ram sales to be equivalent to 12 months of expenditure, and for NSA regions to be equivalent to 24 months of expenditure” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income from companies with directors in common control
“During the year, £9,871 (2022: £9,779) was received from companies with directors in common control. At the year end £NIL (2023: £NIL) was due from these companies.” — page 45
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£2.4m
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~21.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (46% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/12/2023£1.4m£1.3m
31/12/2022£1.4m£1.2m
31/12/2021£828k£839k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL SHEEP ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total closing reserves increased by 11.5% to £2,345,072, supported by strong investment performance and property revaluation gains. The trustees report a secure financial position with diverse income streams, noting that reserves are sufficient to draw upon if income falls below projections. The organization maintains a flexible balance between investments and working capital to manage cashflows. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of NATIONAL SHEEP ASSOCIATION earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

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 AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST1£485k
King Charles III Charitable Fund1£480k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£352k
THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION1£254k
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST1£138k
THE AURORA TRUST1£135k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED1£100k
THE PRESENT VALUE TRUST1£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NATIONAL SHEEP ASSOCIATION£1.5m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£24.9m——within—no doubt
THE BRITISH GRASSLAND SOCIETY FY2024£150k—0above—no doubt
TENDRING HUNDRED FARMERS' CLUB FY2025£505k—0unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS FY2025£160k—0below—no doubt
BRITISH CHAROLLAIS SHEEP SOCIETY LIMITED FY2024£171k—0unclear—no doubt

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