BRITISH CATTLE BREEDERS CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 271147 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCBC

The charity aims to link practical cattle breeding with science, to improve the quality and productivity of cattle breeding to benefit UK dairy and beef production by means of a conference, farm walks and publications. Publications are circulated to members, sections of the agricultural industry and the libraries of the Universities and Agricultural Colleges as well as published on the web.

Objects

TO IMPROVE THE BREEDING OF LIVESTOCK BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE, BY COLLECTING, COLLATING AND DISTRIBUTING AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND DATA OF PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, BY PROMOTING THE EXCHANGE OF ALL SUCH INFORMATION AND DATA AMONGST BREEDERS OF CATTLE AT HOME AND OVERSEAS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£67k

Latest spending

£65k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £38,872, an increase from the previous year's £36,196. The trustees consider the charity's funds to be adequate to fulfil its charitable objectives and have prepared the statements on a going concern basis. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £2,676 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: surplus funds not committed are to be held as unrestricted funds (reserves figure: £39k)

“The management committee have established a policy whereby surplus funds not committed are to be held as unrestricted funds.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Ms H Bradbury, the Company Secretary, was charged £24,310 comprising secretarial fees, telephone expenses, PR costs, postage, travel, and other costs.

“In the year the company was charged a total of £24,310 (2024 - £23,562) by Ms H Bradbury, the Company Secretary. This amount comprised secretarial fees and telephone expenses of £19,623 PR costs of £3,735, postage and stationery costs of £192, travel costs of £229, and other costs of £531.” — page 16

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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 30/09/2024

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Volunteers: 2

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Matthew Edward Guechair
Andrew Craig Dodd
Andrew Wilson
Ben Harman · trustee of 1 other charity
Bruce John McConachie
Dr Alexandra Brown
Dr Daniel John Pitt
Dr Harriet Jean Bunning
Dr Kathryn Ball
George Frederick Fell
Hugh David Pocock
Joseph David Kynvin Banks
Katherine Victoria Ashmore
Katie Hoare
Megan Maria Smith
Neil Finlay McGowan
Sarah Louise Bolt

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£67k	£65k
30/09/2024	£66k	£61k
30/09/2023	£51k	£57k
30/09/2022	£29k	£39k
30/09/2021	£27k	£27k

Common questions

Is BRITISH CATTLE BREEDERS CLUB LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £38,872, an increase from the previous year's £36,196. The trustees consider the charity's funds to be adequate to fulfil its charitable objectives and have prepared the statements on a going concern basis. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £2,676 for the year. 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 COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	1	£175k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FRINDSBURY WITH UPNOR & CHATTENDEN	1	£265

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUST.

DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUST income £250k
THE BRITISH SIMMENTAL CATTLE SOCIETY LIMITED income £458k
THE BRITISH BLUE CATTLE SOCIETY income £131k
THE BRITISH BEE CHARITY income £46k
THE BRITISH DEER SOCIETY income £914k
BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE LTD income £105k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH CATTLE BREEDERS CLUB LIMITED	£67k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUST FY2025	£250k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH SIMMENTAL CATTLE SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£458k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH BLUE CATTLE SOCIETY FY2025	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH BEE CHARITY FY2025	£46k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH DEER SOCIETY FY2025	£914k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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