SOUTHDOWN SHEEP SOCIETY

Registered charity 266713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

sheep breed society whose objects are the breeding of Southdown sheep and the maintenance of the purity of the breed

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND REGISTRATION OF SOUTHDOWN SHEEP

Area of benefit: GREAT BRITAIN

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

£29k

Latest spending

£30k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £64,506, which is below its stated policy target of twenty-four months of unrestricted expenditure. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no material non-compliance or concerns. The charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twenty four months unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £65k)

“The Council has established a policy to maintain unrestricted fund which are free reserves of the charity at a level which equates to approximately twenty four months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Accountancy fees paid to Waveney Accountants Limited, a company where a council member is a director.

“Accountancy fees of £1,200 (2024 - £1,200) have been paid to Waveney Accountants Limited of which one of our council members is a director.” — page 13

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Caroline Ann Brown
Christine Mary Rhead
Dr Christopher Thomas Watton
Dr Timothy Morris
James Joseph Walwyn Trumper
LINDSAY CHARLES DANE
Leslie Robert Newman · trustee of 1 other charity
Lorna Mary Pheasant
Michael Sprake
Miriam Jane Parker · trustee of 1 other charity
NEIL STAINTHORPE
Patrick Everard Goldsworthy
Sarah Mitchell
Stephen Humphrey

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£29k	£30k
31/12/2024	£31k	£34k
31/12/2023	£38k	£28k
31/12/2022	£38k	£28k
31/12/2021	£31k	£46k

Common questions

Is SOUTHDOWN SHEEP SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £64,506, which is below its stated policy target of twenty-four months of unrestricted expenditure. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no material non-compliance or concerns. The charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£424k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£135k
THE ALBORADA TRUST	1	£50k
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation	1	£10k
CHADACRE AGRICULTURAL TRUST	1	£9k
FELIX THORNLEY COBBOLD AGRICULTURAL TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HAMPSHIRE DOWN SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION.

THE HAMPSHIRE DOWN SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION income £73k
THE SUSSEX CATTLE SOCIETY (FORMERLY THE SUSSEX HERD BOOK SOCIETY) income £71k
THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY income £196k
SOUTH DEVON HERD BOOK SOCIETY income £180k
DORSET HORN AND POLL DORSET SHEEP BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION income £89k
SHORTHORN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £104k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTHDOWN SHEEP SOCIETY	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HAMPSHIRE DOWN SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£73k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUSSEX CATTLE SOCIETY (FORMERLY THE SUSSEX HERD BOOK SOCIETY) FY2025	£71k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY FY2025	£196k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH DEVON HERD BOOK SOCIETY FY2025	£180k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DORSET HORN AND POLL DORSET SHEEP BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION FY2025	£89k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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