Registered charity · Newport
The Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society
- 9 trustees
- Income £210k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Cindy Mary BetleyTrustee · since 2021
- Daniel HorneTrustee · since 2017
- David John Seymour RussellTrustee
- Graham Robert BissTrustee · since 2012
- John HeatherTrustee · since 2012
- MRS Gillian Elizabeth KennettTrustee · since 2015
- Roger Malcolm BrownTrustee
- Rosemary ANN EdwardsTrustee · since 2019
- Sharon Fiona GrovesTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Isle Of Wight
- Website
- riwas.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£210k£171k
- 2024£292k£152k
- 2023£167k£143k
Earlier years
- 2022£179k£137k
- 2021£64k£64k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) WITHIN THE ISLE OF WIGHT TO ENCOURAGE AGRICULTURE GENERALLY AND THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING, KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS AMONGST THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS-PUBLICATIONS, FUNDING, MEETINGS AND SEMINARS (HOSTED BY APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS), ORGANISING DISPLAYS, PROMOTIONAL EVENTS AND THE COUNTY SHOW.2) TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION IN THEIR TRADES, VOCATIONS AND PROFESSIONS LINKED TO AGRICULTURE AND THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT VIA RECOGNISED TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR INDIVIDUALS BY BURSARIES, GRANTS AND SUPPORT.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Cindy Mary Betley since 2021
- Daniel Horne since 2017
- David John Seymour Russell
- Graham Robert Biss since 2012
- John Heather since 2012
- MRS Gillian Elizabeth Kennett since 2015
- Roger Malcolm Brown
- Rosemary ANN Edwards since 2019
- Sharon Fiona Groves
Trustees past 6 years
- Daniel Horne since 2017
- Graham Robert Biss since 2012
- John Heather since 2012
- MRS Gillian Elizabeth Kennett since 2015
- Rosemary ANN Edwards since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Cindy Mary Betley since 2021
- Daniel Horne since 2017
- David John Seymour Russell
- John Heather since 2012
- MRS Gillian Elizabeth Kennett since 2015
- Roger Malcolm Brown
- Rosemary ANN Edwards since 2019
- Sharon Fiona Groves
Portfolio (1)
- Graham Robert Biss since 2012
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
- 249519
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES OF THE SOCIETY (REVISED 17TH DECEMBER 1955) AND ORDER OF 19 MAY 2004 AS ALTERED BY SCHEME DATED 4 JULY 2005 AS AMENDED BY A CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 JANUARY 2006AS AMENDED ON 04/12/2014
- Contact on the register
- 0845 226 9098 · riwas@naturalenterprise.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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