MORETON-IN-MARSH AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL AND HORSE SHOW SOCIETY

Registered charity 900122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MORETON IN MARSH SHOW - MORETON SHOW

THE HOLDING OF AN ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL AND HORSE SHOW ON FIRST SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND ON FARM COMPETITIONS IN A RESTRICTED AREA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE BREEDING OF LIVE STOCK, HUNTERS ANDHEAVY HORSES. 2. TO IMPROVE THE STANDARDS OF FARMING AND FARM CRAFT FOR FARMERS RESIDING WITHIN AN AREA FIXED BY THE SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £871,164, which the trustees consider prudent to withstand a cancelled show and a poorly performing season. The charity generated an operating profit of £18,738 and maintains a cash balance of £536,112, indicating strong liquidity. The trustees acknowledge rising inflation as a challenge but have initiated a review of systems to ensure cost-effective operations.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £320k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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: 35.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN JOHN PARKESchair
• ANTHONY PATRICK GODWIN
• Adrian Loker
• Alistair Gordon Hett
• DAVID GAULD
• DIANE JANE DEWBERY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Watts
• JAMES COKER
• PROFESSOR BRADFORD HOOKER
• ROSEMARY SMITH
• Russell Marks
• SALLY ANNE HARRISON
• Sarah Eve
• Simon Bing · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon James Crawford Randall CBE
• Stuart Anthony Mace
• THOMAS LESLIE HAYMAN-JOYCE
• THOMAS ROY LIMBRICK
• Timothy John Gardner

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Leicestershire · Oxfordshire · South Gloucestershire · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

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Known funders

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• KINGTON HORSE SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY income £135k
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• MINSTERLEY SHOW SOCIETY income £119k
• HONITON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £323k
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Side by side with its peers

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