Registered charity · Leicestershire
The Royal Smithfield Club
The Royal Smithfield Club is a registered charity (number 212110) based in Leicestershire, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Herbert Simon Orpwood since 2023. Latest income £6k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
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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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.royalsmithfieldclub.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Royal Smithfield Club
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£12k
- 2024£34k£8k
- 2023£3k£14k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£31k
- 2021£11k£20k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO IMPROVE THE BREED AND PROMOTE THE BREEDING OF CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS, POULTRY AND OTHER LIVE STOCK.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Herbert Simon Orpwood Chair since 2023
- Christopher Paul Riddle since 2026
- Francis William Staveley Bedell since 2023
- Henry Charles Alan Huddart since 2026
- John Robinson Dracup since 2023
- John Campbell since 2024
- Robert Angus Jack Stovold since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Christopher Paul Riddle since 2026
- Francis William Staveley Bedell since 2023
- Henry Charles Alan Huddart since 2026
- John Campbell since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Herbert Simon Orpwood Chair since 2023
- John Robinson Dracup since 2023
- Robert Angus Jack Stovold 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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 212110
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM, ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 MARCH 1900 AS AMENDED 29 DECEMBER 1960, 29 APRIL 1998 AND 14 OCTOBER 1999
- Companies House
- Company number 00065252 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07901768904 · richard@royalsmithfieldclub.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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