THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 518459 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BURWARTON SHOW

ORGANISATION OF ANNUAL EVENT FOR EXHIBITION OF LIVESTOCK, FARM AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE AND FOR THE DEMONSTRATION / EXHIBITION OF AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL AND FORESTRY METHODS AND PROCESSES, MACHINERY AND OTHER ITEMS CONSIDERED TO BE APPROPRIATE TO AN AGRICULTURAL SHOW. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, ENCOURAGEMENT OF YOUNG FARMERS AND OF INDUSTRIES OF INTEREST TO THE FARMING COMMUNITY.

Objects

THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOR PROMOTING THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE SAME, PARTICULARY IN BURWATON AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT IN SO FAR AS SUCH OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: BURWARTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £4,667 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £282,346. The trustees note that accumulated reserves are retained to meet any shortfall in future shows and to guarantee committed expenditure. The independent examiners confirmed the accounts agree with the accounting records and that the company is eligible for exemption from audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02088026

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.

• WILLIAMS, Brian — director, appointed 02/02/2024not on trustee list
• CLACK, Martin John — director, appointed 23/01/2020on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Mary — secretary, appointed 30/09/2024

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin John Clack

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• PEMBROKESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £664k
• GOOSNARGH AND LONGRIDGE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £67k
• THE BRECKNOCKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £139k
• HOLSWORTHY AND STRATTON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £120k
• THE DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £297k
• BLASTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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