The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Kent County Agricultural Society

Registered charity 1001191 Registered since 1990

Operates: Kent

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9Animals 8Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 9Agriculture 1Manufacturing 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.4m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

16.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.6 in 2020

19 from 21 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.kentshowground.co.uk
Emailinfo@kentshowground.co.uk
Phone01622630975
AddressKENT COUNTY SHOW GROUND, DETLING HILL, DETLING, MAIDSTONE, ME14 3JF

Finances

£2,711,085 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,089,482£1,083,257
2022£2,154,818£2,060,847
2023£2,579,179£2,526,886
2024£2,449,207£2,639,166
2025£2,711,085£2,664,798

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

A) THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, HORTICULTURE, ALLIED INDUSTRIES RURAL CRAFTS AND THE BREEDING OF LIVESTOCK B) THE DEMONSTRATION OF IMPROVED METHODS AND PROCESSES CONNECTED WITH THE ABOVE C) THE HOLDING OF AN ANNUAL SHOW FOR THE EXHIBITION OF LIVESTOCK, FARM PRODUCE, HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE, MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, APPLIANCES, UTENSILS, ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS, FERTILIZERS, SEEDS AND OTHER THINGS CONNECTED WITH OR APPERTAINING TO AGRICULTURE D) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK BY PUBLICATIONS GRANTS OR OTHER MEANS E) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/11/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/08/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/02/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 SEP 2023

Trustees (9)

9trustees
47median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Kent County Agricultural Society · 02556508 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/11/1990

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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