Registered charity · Brockenhurst
The NEW Forest Agricultural Show Society
The NEW Forest Agricultural Show Society is a registered charity (number 1004255) based in Brockenhurst, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £7.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as New Forest Show (Charity Commission)
To promote and encourage the development and improvement of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, equestrianism and rural crafts in all their branches; generally to encourage and promote improvement in the breeding of stock; to advance education in the above
- 10 trustees
- Income £7.3m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Aaron James LawfordTrustee · since 2016
- Alexandra Margaret Jennings LLB, TEPTrustee · since 2013
- David BenceTrustee · since 2025
- Kirsty SlocombeTrustee
- Mary Rachel Montagu-ScottTrustee · since 2020
- Matthew LawsonTrustee · since 2025
- Michael Ross Harris OBETrustee · since 2021
- Oliver James CookTrustee · since 2024
- Samuel Colin DoveyTrustee · since 2022
- Timothy Michael DaltonTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Animals and 1 more
- Where
- Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire
- Website
- www.newforestshow.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The NEW Forest Agricultural Show Society
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7.3m£6.5m
- 2024£6.6m£6.2m
- 2023£5.6m£5.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.3m£2.1m
- 2021£829k£784k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To promote and encourage the development and improvement of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, equestrianism and rural crafts in all their branches; generally to encourage and promote improvement in the breeding of stock; to advance education in the above
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Aaron James Lawford since 2016
- Alexandra Margaret Jennings LLB, TEP since 2013
- David Bence since 2025
- Kirsty Slocombe
- Mary Rachel Montagu-Scott since 2020
- Michael Ross Harris OBE since 2021
- Matthew Lawson since 2025
- Oliver James Cook since 2024
- Samuel Colin Dovey since 2022
- Timothy Michael Dalton
Trustees past 6 years
- Aaron James Lawford since 2016
- Alexandra Margaret Jennings LLB, TEP since 2013
- Mary Rachel Montagu-Scott since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Aaron James Lawford since 2016
- Alexandra Margaret Jennings LLB, TEP since 2013
- David Bence since 2025
- Kirsty Slocombe
- Michael Ross Harris OBE since 2021
- Oliver James Cook since 2024
- Timothy Michael Dalton
Portfolio (3)
- Mary Rachel Montagu-Scott since 2020
- Matthew Lawson since 2025
- Samuel Colin Dovey since 2022
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
6.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 21.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1004255
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17TH. SEPTEMBER 1991 as amended on 14 Mar 2018 as amended on 12 Jul 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 02646090 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01590622400 · info@newforestshow.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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