Registered charity · Warwickshire
Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers
- 5 trustees
- Income £492k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.rabdf.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£492k£452k
- 2024£562k£572k
- 2023£1.1m£990k
Earlier years
- 2022£209k£325k
- 2021£162k£320k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUCCESSFUL AND SUSTAINABLE DAIRY FARMING SECTOR IN THE UK AND TO DO ALL SUCH FURTHER ACTS AND THINGS AS SHALL BE CONDUCIVE TO ITS INTERESTS.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Robert Craig Chair since 2017
- Robert Anthony Hitch since 2025
- Sarah Jane Tomlinson since 2021
- TIM Downes since 2016
- William Lockhart Armitage since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Craig Chair since 2017
- TIM Downes since 2016
- William Lockhart Armitage since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Robert Craig Chair since 2017
- Robert Anthony Hitch since 2025
- William Lockhart Armitage since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Sarah Jane Tomlinson since 2021
- TIM Downes since 2016
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 213782
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/10/1879AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/04/1957AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/06/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/06/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/06/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/06/2009AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/07/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 00013393 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02476 639317 · office@rabdf.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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