Registered charity · Peterborough
East of England Agricultural Society
(1) To promote agriculture and to such end generally to improve it in all its branches and to encourage skill and industry in it and in all trades, crafts and professions connected with it.(2) To promote education and further the understanding of...
- 10 trustees
- Income £533k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Stuart Francis RobertsChair · since 2022
- Adam WhiteTrustee · since 2022
- Ian CreaseyTrustee · since 2025
- Joseph SpencerTrustee · since 2024
- Michael Sly MBETrustee · since 2025
- Peter James WallaceTrustee · since 2023
- Stephen JacobTrustee · since 2024
- The Hon. George Philip Paul Bowyer MricsTrustee · since 2022
- Thomas Guy FoottitTrustee · since 2023
- Veryan BlissTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedford
- Website
- www.eastofengland.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- East of England Agricultural Society
- Registered
- 1981
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£533k£1.8m
- 2024£621k£1.2m
- 2023£792k£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.6m
- 2021£4.0m£2.2m
Charitable objects
(1) To promote agriculture and to such end generally to improve it in all its branches and to encourage skill and industry in it and in all trades, crafts and professions connected with it.(2) To promote education and further the understanding of agriculture, horticulture and food production amongst the general population.(3) To promote rural life and all aspects of the countryside
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Stuart Francis Roberts Chair since 2022
- Adam White since 2022
- Ian Creasey since 2025
- Joseph Spencer since 2024
- Michael Sly MBE since 2025
- Peter James Wallace since 2023
- Stephen Jacob since 2024
- The Hon. George Philip Paul Bowyer Mrics since 2022
- Thomas Guy Foottit since 2023
- Veryan Bliss since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Stuart Francis Roberts Chair since 2022
- Adam White since 2022
- Joseph Spencer since 2024
- Michael Sly MBE since 2025
- Peter James Wallace since 2023
- The Hon. George Philip Paul Bowyer Mrics since 2022
- Thomas Guy Foottit since 2023
- Veryan Bliss since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Ian Creasey since 2025
- Stephen Jacob since 2024
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
35.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 31.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 283564
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/10/1981AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/03/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2011 as amended on 19 Mar 2013 as amended on 02 Aug 2023 as amended on 21 Feb 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 01589922 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01733961016 · info@eastofengland.org.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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