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Registered charity · Bridport

Melplash Agricultural Society Limited

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £453k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Devon, Dorset, Somerset
Website
www.melplashshow.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Melplash Agricultural Society Limited
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£453k£432k
  • 2024£388k£419k
  • 2023£408k£383k
Earlier years
  • 2022£362k£352k
  • 2021£133k£122k
Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE AGRICULTUREAND HORTICULTURE IN WEST DORSET AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITBY, IN PARTICULAR, PROMOTING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BREEDING OF LIVESTOCK, THEPROMOTION AND ORGANISATION OF AGRICULTURAL SHOWS, PLOUGHING MATCHES AND OTHERCOMPETITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURE, AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION INAGRICULTURALLY RELATED ISSUES.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6.8y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (2)

15
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 15Environment/conservation/heritage 15Animals 14General Charitable Purposes 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.

Business services 16Arts and leisure 5Finance 4

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£453k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1130201
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 JUNE 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 30 APRIL 2009
Companies House
Company number 06616384 · Active
Contact on the register
01308423337 · office@melplashshow.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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