SUFFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 288595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SUFFOLK SHOW

To promote and encourage the advancement and improvement of agriculture through development of skills,techniques or research,the dissemination of such and research both as to the methods of husbandry and use of science and the use and development of agricultural implements and machinery.

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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £584,594 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £11,590,449. The trustees note that while the business has traded with confidence, cash positions have deteriorated, with a maximum negative cash position of £700,129 against an overdraft facility of £750,000. Reserves have fallen below the trustees' assessed target level, prompting efforts to diversify income streams and manage costs.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01775897

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HARGREAVES, William Harrison — director, appointed 12/09/2023on trustee list
• DINWIDDY, James Maynard — director, appointed 28/02/2023on trustee list
• TAYLOR, John Marshall — director, appointed 14/10/2021on trustee list
• SHARPE, Karen — director, appointed 25/02/2019on trustee list
• KEMBALL, Elizabeth Jane — director, appointed 06/12/1999on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 21.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Fairs
• Bruce William Kerr
• ELIZABETH KEMBALL
• James Maynard Dinwiddy
• John Taylor
• Karen Sharpe
• Sally Bendall BEM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Mark Perry Donsworth · trustee of 2 other charities
• William Harrison Hargreaves

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RUTLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

• RUTLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £417k
• ASSOCIATION OF SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS income £160k
• CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY CIO income £1.2m
• Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust income £804k
• THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £2.5m
• FROME AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £353k

Side by side with its peers

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