The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Devon County Agricultural Association

Registered charity 292897 Registered since 1985

Operates: Devon

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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.

8 trustees on the board

6.7y median 8y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

6
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 8Amateur Sport 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 6Agriculture 4Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

17.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 20.8 in 2021

15 from 14 in 2021
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.devoncountyshow.co.uk
Emailinfo@dcshow.org
Phone01392446000
AddressWESTPOINT, CLYST ST MARY, EXETER, DEVON, EX5 1DJ

Finances

£2,979,185 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,047,041£1,756,325
2022£2,275,229£2,013,923
2023£2,823,396£2,585,943
2024£2,887,357£2,726,821
2025£2,979,185£2,683,781

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

2.1 The Objects of the Association are:(a) to promote agriculture (in all its forms including but not limited to animal husbandry, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, food production, sustainable land management, rural crafts, environmental conservation, and all allied industries) for the benefit of the public and in particular (but not exclusively) in the County of Devon;(b) to advance education and promote research in connection with agriculture and allied industries, the rural economy and rural life, and to publish the results of such research for the public benefit; and(c) in pursuance of the above purposes, to hold and promote shows, exhibitions, conferences and competitions connected with agriculture, the rural economy and rural life including (but not exclusively) from time to time the Devon County Show.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28TH JUNE 1985 as amended on 24 Jan 2008 as amended on 02 Feb 2024 as amended on 02 Feb 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Devon County Agricultural Association · 01927330 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/06/1985

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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