HERTFORDSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 291037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERTS COUNTY SHOW

To promote industry in general and in particular to promote rural industry and agriculture, and to such end generally to improve it in all its branches, to encourage skill and industry in it and in all trades, crafts, and professions connected with it. The most important financial commitment, at the present time, is the organisation hosting and delivery of the Hertfordshire County Show.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £38,503 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £956,479 to £917,976. The Trustees note that the aftereffects of the pandemic are still felt in the finances and that the charity is aiming to build reserves to provide resilience, though no specific monetary target is stated. The charity remains solvent with net assets of £917,976, including a significant revaluation reserve of £707,573.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01872574
• Trading subsidiary: HERTS COUNTY SHOWGROUND LTD Companies House 05634715

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.

• CHRISTIAN, Paul Edward — director, appointed 08/11/2023on trustee list
• LEAHY, Catherine Helen — director, appointed 06/07/2023on trustee list
• CHERRY, Paul David — director, appointed 18/11/2021on trustee list
• DOWBIGGIN, Stephen Ridley, Dr — director, appointed 17/10/2018on trustee list
• PERCY, Charles Richard — director, appointed 15/01/2018on trustee list
• STONE, Lucy Jane Deborah — director, appointed 17/11/2010on trustee list
• DICKINSON, William John — director, appointed 23/11/1994on trustee list
• MORELAND, Sarah-Louise Mary — secretary, appointed 26/03/2018

Official officers record.

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 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 45.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Helen Leahy
• Charles Richard Percy
• Dr Stephen Ridley Dowbiggin
• LUCY JANE DEBORAH STONE
• Paul Cherry
• Paul Edward Christian
• Stuart Francis Roberts
• WILLIAM JOHN DICKINSON

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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Known funders

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