Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society

Registered charity 702372 Registered since 1989

Operates: Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire

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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.

5 trustees on the board

MR Neale Sadler Chair
Arthur Hill since 2024
David Parsons since 2023
Dene Edwards since 2023
Philip Thornycroft since 2012

5.5y median 3y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Philip Thornycroft since 2012

9.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Arthur Hill since 2024
David Parsons since 2023
Dene Edwards since 2023
Philip Thornycroft since 2012

Portfolio (1)

MR Neale Sadler Chair

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Agriculture 5

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£843k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

17 from 10 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

Prees Cricket and Recreation Club 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Platform (London) Similar size; both Environment
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Landmark Arts Centre Similar size; both Environment
Wear Rivers Trust Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.westmidshowground.com
Email	manager@westmidshowground.com
Phone	01743289831
Address	The West Mid Showground, Berwick Road, SHREWSBURY, SY1 2PF

Finances

£843,236 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£356,263	£340,228
2021	£643,617	£569,424
2022	£736,676	£754,125
2023	£801,420	£827,821
2024	£843,236	£873,123

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/11/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/11/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/07/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/02/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/03/2015

Trustees (5)

5trustees

72median age

3aged 70+

MR Neale Sadlerage band 55-59 Chair
Arthur Hillage band 75-79 since 2024
David Parsonsage band 70-74 since 2023
Dene Edwardsage band 45-49 since 2023
Philip Thornycroftage band 70-74 since 2012

Linked company (Companies House)

Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society · 02073471 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 12/11/1986

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Prees Cricket and Recreation Club 1 shared trustee

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