ALRESFORD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 298980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organisers of a one-day Agricultural Show held at Tichborne Park, Alresford, Hampshire

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£315k

Latest spending

£350k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £34,363 for the year ended 31 October 2025, primarily due to increased costs for website and ticketing upgrades. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £505,799, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain their policy of staging the show following three cancellations with 50% insurance cover. The financial position is described as having no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to be able to stage the one day agricultural show following 3 cancelled shows always allowing for 50% insurance cover (held: £506k)

“It is the policy of the Board of Trustees to maintain sufficient reserves to be able to stage the one day agricultural show following 3 cancelled shows always allowing for 50% insurance cover.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02231722

Funders the charity credits

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

BCM Wilson Hill — “Long-term sponsor and supporter of the Alresford Show, BCM Wilson Hill, is proud to celebrate 25 years of delivering trusted” (source page)

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.

LEVINE, Lisa — director, appointed 05/03/2025on trustee list
HEMSLEY, Joanne Kay — director, appointed 05/03/2025on trustee list
SHARPE, Philip James — director, appointed 06/03/2024on trustee list
CHEYNEY, Mark Roger — director, appointed 06/03/2024on trustee list
CROSS, Stephen Roberts — director, appointed 25/01/2023on trustee list
CORBETT, Rebecca Clare — director, appointed 25/01/2023on trustee list
PETTIT-MILLS, Edward John — director, appointed 25/01/2023not on trustee list
ROBINSON, Alexander Benjamin Melland — director, appointed 25/01/2023on trustee list
GOODALL, Richard Paul — director, appointed 29/01/2020on trustee list
RAIMES, Augusta — director, appointed 27/01/2010on trustee list
CORBETT, Richard Arthur Charles — directornot on trustee list
WATLEY, Valerie Joy — secretary, appointed 18/03/2013

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

AUGUSTA RAIMES
Alexander Benjamin Melland Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Charmain Elizabeth Jones
Edward John Pettit -Mills
Joanne Kay Hemsley
Lisa Levine
MR CHARLIE CORBETT · trustee of 1 other charity
Mark Cheyney
Philip James Sharpe
Rebecca Clare Corbett
Richard Goodall

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£315k	£350k
31/10/2024	£294k	£285k
31/10/2023	£321k	£252k
31/10/2022	£286k	£214k
31/10/2021	£13k	£26k

Common questions

Is ALRESFORD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £34,363 for the year ended 31 October 2025, primarily due to increased costs for website and ticketing upgrades. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £505,799, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain their policy of staging the show following three cancellations with 50% insurance cover. The financial position is described as having no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. 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 WIGHT AID FOUNDATION	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOTNES AND DISTRICT SHOW SOCIETY.

TOTNES AND DISTRICT SHOW SOCIETY income £162k
THE ROYAL ISLE OF WIGHT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £210k
BLASTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY income £111k
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £365k
THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £352k
LISKEARD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £127k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ALRESFORD AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED	£315k	—	above	—	no doubt
TOTNES AND DISTRICT SHOW SOCIETY FY2025	£162k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL ISLE OF WIGHT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FY2025	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt
BLASTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY FY2024	£111k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£365k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£352k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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