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ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 289581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£4.0m
Latest spending
£3.5m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus before investment gains of £36,511 for the year ended 31 December 2023, with total unrestricted funds standing at £6,924,372. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £2,527,695 exceeded the stated policy target of £1,000,000, and the trustees confirmed sufficient funds exist to continue as a going concern through 2025.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1,000,000 (held: £2.5m)
“The Trustees have assessed that free reserves of £1,000,000 should be maintained to cover the full overheads of the business for 12 months” — page 10
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity purchased flowers from Crown House Flowers.
“During the year purchases were made from Crown House Flowers of £Nil (2022: £113).”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MA Partners Audit LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association UK (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£4.0m
Total spending
£3.5m
Cost of raising funds
£177k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£4.0m£3.5m
31/12/2023£3.0m£3.0m
31/12/2022£2.9m£2.7m
31/12/2021£4.4m£1.2m
31/12/2020£532k£1.2m

Common questions

Is ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus before investment gains of £36,511 for the year ended 31 December 2023, with total unrestricted funds standing at £6,924,372. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £2,527,695 exceeded the stated policy target of £1,000,000, and the trustees confirmed sufficient funds exist to continue as a going concern through 2025. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by MA Partners Audit LLP.

Who funds ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include ALAN BOSWELL GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUST, LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND).

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
ALAN BOSWELL GROUP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2024£5k
THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k

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