The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Gosforth Agricultural Society

Registered charity 1176889 Registered since 2018

Operates: Cumbria

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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.

11 trustees on the board

6.4y median 8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 11

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 11Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.

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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£47k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.gosforthshow.co.uk
Emailgosforthshow@hotmail.com
Phone01946724141
AddressFIELD CROFT, CARLETON, HOLMROOK, CA19 1YT

Finances

£46,871 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,790£3,209
2022£36,700£34,134
2023£35,000£27,000
2024£54,847£39,658
2025£46,871£40,608

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO CARRYING OUT SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE WITHIN GOSFORTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):3.1 PROMOTING, ADVANCING AND IMPROVING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK AND THE DEMONSTRATION AND SHOWING OF LIVESTOCK, MACHINERY, CRAFTS, PRODUCTS, METHODS AND PROCESSES CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE HOLDING OF AN ANNUAL SHOW.3.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN LOCAL HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 APR 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 JAN 2018

Trustees (11)

11trustees
53median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Gosforth Agricultural Society · 10735714 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/04/2017

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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