Registered charity · Dorchester
Dorchester Agricultural Society
- 9 trustees
- Income £908k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Benjamin BestTrustee · since 2020
- Ian Michael SargentTrustee · since 2026
- Jason BowermanTrustee · since 2016
- Karen Van DijkTrustee · since 2023
- Lucinda WakelyTrustee · since 2026
- Paul DunlopTrustee · since 2021
- Rebecca HillTrustee · since 2025
- Stephanie Christine AddisonTrustee · since 2026
- William HydeTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- dorsetcountyshow.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Dorchester Agricultural Society
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£908k£919k
- 2024£766k£923k
- 2023£785k£799k
Earlier years
- 2022£607k£712k
- 2021£138k£142k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES IN PARTICULAR BY HOLDING SHOWS AND THE SUPPORT OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Benjamin Best since 2020
- Ian Michael Sargent since 2026
- Jason Bowerman since 2016
- Karen Van Dijk since 2023
- Lucinda Wakely since 2026
- Paul Dunlop since 2021
- Rebecca Hill since 2025
- Stephanie Christine Addison since 2026
- William Hyde since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Benjamin Best since 2020
- Jason Bowerman since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Benjamin Best since 2020
- Jason Bowerman since 2016
- Karen Van Dijk since 2023
- Lucinda Wakely since 2026
- Paul Dunlop since 2021
- Rebecca Hill since 2025
- Stephanie Christine Addison since 2026
- William Hyde since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Ian Michael Sargent since 2026
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1066401
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/04/2013 as amended on 24 Apr 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 03473496 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01305264249 · accounts@dorsetcountyshow.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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