The Suffolk Sheep Society

Registered charity 211348 Registered since 1962

Operates: Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

9 trustees on the board

5.9y median 6y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

company-linked trustees

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

Animals 9Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 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 8Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£345k 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.

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.suffolksheep.org
Email	enquiries@suffolksheep.org
Phone	028 2563 2342
Address	Unit 19, Ballymena business centre, 62 Fenaghy Road, Ballymena, BT42 1FL

Finances

£344,819 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£330,336	£326,413
2022	£299,868	£322,739
2023	£305,999	£364,300
2024	£337,371	£291,405
2025	£344,819	£318,904

What it does

What

Animals

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

3.1 The advancement of education for the benefit of the public of all ages through the provision of various educational programmes, training courses, classes, lectures, seminars and publications about the breeding, development and good husbandry of Suffolk sheep as a species in the United Kingdom and elsewhere;3.2 The advancement of heritage, culture and science through the promotion, encouragement and development of Suffolk sheep as a breed and their role within the agricultural community in the United Kingdom and elsewhere; and3.3 The advancement of animal welfare in relation to Suffolk sheep.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/05/1886AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/03/1963AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/03/1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/03/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/03/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/11/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/11/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/07/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27/07/2012 as amended on 23 May 2022 as amended on 10 May 2022

Trustees (9)

9trustees

62median age

0aged 70+

Alastair Robert Barkleyage band 60-64 since 2025
Andrew John Reedage band 60-64 since 2018
Andrew William Evansage band 60-64 since 2020
Elizabeth Needhamage band 65-69 since 2019
Francis Jane Soulsby since 2014
Merrick John Russell Pinnyage band 65-69 since 2020
Michael John Weaverage band 65-69
Paul William Dennis Taylorage band 40-44 since 2025
Trevor David Miskellyage band 50-54 since 2020

Linked company (Companies House)

Suffolk Sheep Society(the) · 00022684 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 26/05/1886

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Northern Counties of England Branch of the Suffolk Sheep Society 2 shared trustees
Midland and Eastern Area Branch of the Suffolk Sheep Society 1 shared trustee

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