The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

National Sheep Association

Registered charity 249255 Registered since 1967

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, 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.

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

13
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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.nationalsheep.org.uk
Emailenquiries@nationalsheep.org.uk
Phone01684892661
AddressNational Sheep Association, The Sheep Centre, Blackmore Park Road, Welland, MALVERN, WR13 6PH

Finances

£1,506,388 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£828,130£839,150
2022£1,357,950£1,202,936
2023£1,361,099£1,275,133
2024£1,319,640£1,336,967
2025£1,506,388£1,394,495

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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).

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

Trustees (14)

14trustees
58median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Sheep Association · 00037818 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/12/1892

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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