Registered charity · Norfolk
Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association
- 9 trustees
- Income £4.0m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Robert Collison AlstonChair · since 2016
- Andrew SpinksTrustee · since 2022
- Christopher NixTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Catherine RichardsTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Jonathan Howard ClarkeTrustee · since 2021
- Emily NortonTrustee · since 2023
- Laurie Angus James Paterson HillTrustee · since 2023
- Michael Alfred HarrowvenTrustee · since 2025
- Simon James HicklingTrustee · since 2020
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, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.rnaa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£4.0m£3.5m
- 2023£3.0m£3.0m
- 2022£2.9m£2.7m
Earlier years
- 2021£4.4m£1.2m
- 2020£532k£1.2m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE IMPROVEMENT IN THE BREEDING OF LIVESTOCK AND PLANTS, IN THE INVENTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES AND IMPLEMENTS, IN THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SKILLS IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, PISCICULTURS, RURAL CRAFTS AND ALLIED SYSTEMS OF HUSBANDRY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL SYSTEMS , TECHNIQUES, METHODS OR PROCESSES CONNECTED THEREWITH;(B)TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING IN RELATION TO FOOD, FARMING AND THE COUNTRYSIDE; AND (C)TO ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE THE PROTECTION AND SAFEGUARDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Grants received
4 grants · £739,900 total360Giving 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £474,900
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £250,000 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £15,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Robert Collison Alston Chair since 2016
- Andrew Spinks since 2022
- Christopher Nix since 2025
- Dr Catherine Richards since 2021
- Dr Jonathan Howard Clarke since 2021
- Emily Norton since 2023
- Laurie Angus James Paterson Hill since 2023
- Michael Alfred Harrowven since 2025
- Simon James Hickling since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Collison Alston Chair since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Robert Collison Alston Chair since 2016
- Andrew Spinks since 2022
- Dr Jonathan Howard Clarke since 2021
- Emily Norton since 2023
- Laurie Angus James Paterson Hill since 2023
- Michael Alfred Harrowven since 2025
- Simon James Hickling since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Nix since 2025
- Dr Catherine Richards since 2021
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
7.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 289581
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/05/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/01/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 01817702 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01603 748931 · info@rnaa.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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