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National Sheep Association

National Sheep Association is a registered charity (number 249255) based in Malvern, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Peter James Delbridge since 2018. Latest income £1.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

14 trustees
Income £1.5m (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, Northern Ireland
Website: www.nationalsheep.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: National Sheep Association
Registered: 1967

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£1.5m£1.4m
2024£1.3m£1.3m
2023£1.4m£1.3m

Earlier years

2022£1.4m£1.2m
2021£828k£839k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ENCOURAGE AND IMPROVE BREEDING, MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE SHEEP AS A SPECIES AND AS AN INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Grants received

4 grants · £54,105 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £54,105 (4 grants)

Most recent

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £8902024-07-04
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £1,9632023-08-02
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £41,7692023-02-17
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £9,4832023-02-17

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.

14 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Peter James Delbridge Chair since 2018
David William Gregory since 2014

10.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

Peter James Delbridge Chair since 2018
Jack Clement Cuthbert since 2026
Timothy Andrew Ward since 2026

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 14Animals 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 14Agriculture 3Manufacturing 2

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.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.3m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

20.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 27.7 in 2020

18 from 13 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 249255
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/12/1892AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/08/1902AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/10/1954AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/05/1959AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/05/1967AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/1969AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/05/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/05/1988NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 06/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/08/2015 as amended on 12 Aug 2025
Companies House: Company number 00037818 · Active
Contact on the register: 01684892661 · enquiries@nationalsheep.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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