Registered charity · Thatcham
The Newbury and District Agricultural Society
- 7 trustees
- Income £900k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- West Berkshire, Reading, Slough, Hampshire and more
- Website
- www.newburyshowground.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Newbury & District Agricultural Society
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£900k£886k
- 2023£1.0m£911k
- 2022£308k£249k
Earlier years
- 2021£344k£247k
- 2020£216k£411k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1)TO PROMOTE ADVANCE AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES AND FORMS AND TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST, SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND ALL TRADES, CRAFTS, BUSINESSES, AND PROFESSIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH. (2)TO PROMOTE ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE,HORTICULTURE,FORESTRY AND RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS. (3)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NEED TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE WILD LIFE THEREOF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE HOLDING OF SHOWS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF LIVESTOCK, FARM PRODUCE, HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE, MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, ANIMAL FEED STUFFS, FERTILISERS, SEEDS AND OTHER THINGS APPERTAINING TO AGRICULTURE, FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTEREST, SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND AL TRADES, CRAFTS, BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNIQUES, CRAFTS, SKILLS, ADVANCES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH SHOWS TO JUDGE AND AWARD PRIZES
Board analysis
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Steven John Ackrill Chair since 2021
- Charles Parry since 2025
- Dame Susan Mary Bourne since 2025
- David John Cyril Barr since 2021
- Paul Frankel since 2022
- Simon Anthony John Pallett since 2023
- Steven Coventry since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Steven Coventry since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Charles Parry since 2025
- Dame Susan Mary Bourne since 2025
- David John Cyril Barr since 2021
- Paul Frankel since 2022
- Simon Anthony John Pallett since 2023
- Steven Coventry since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Steven John Ackrill Chair since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
8.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 8.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1003898
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18TH. JULY 1991 AS AMENDED 30 JANUARY 2002 AND 6 DECEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28 JANUARY 2009. AS AMENDED ON 06 JUL 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 JUN 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02630481 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01635247111 · nadas@nadas.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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