MELPLASH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Charity number: 1130201
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To improve standard of agriculture & horticulture in West Dorset and surrounding area by promoting improvement in breeding of livestock, promotion and organisation of agricultural show, ploughing matches and other competitions associated with agriculture, promotion of West Dorset agriculture to the public. To provide education in agriculturally related issues. To award bursaries to local students.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 October 2024

Total income: £388,357
Total expenditure: £418,835

People

15 Trustee(s)

150 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Animals
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
Where the charity operates:
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Somerset

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 June 2009: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
06616384 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

15 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
James Bowditch Trustee 27 January 2025
None on record
HELEN WALLBRIDGE Trustee 22 January 2024
BEAMINSTER YOUNG FARMERS CLUB
Received: On time
SIMON WAKELY Trustee 24 January 2022
None on record
Dr William Bowditch Trustee 24 January 2022
None on record
Richard Gerald Bugler Trustee 24 January 2022
None on record
Cleeves Palmer Trustee 08 January 2018
None on record
James Vickery Trustee 12 January 2017
None on record
JOANNA ELIZABETH SAGE Trustee 14 January 2015
None on record
Will Frost Trustee 15 January 2014
None on record
GEORGE H STREATFEILD Trustee 05 February 2013
None on record
RICHARD KING Trustee
None on record
GEORGE RENDELL Trustee
None on record
PHILIP HARDWILL Trustee
SOMERSET FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS' CLUBS
Received: On time
JRB BOWDITCH Trustee
None on record
NIGEL LAWSON JONES Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/10/2020 31/10/2021 31/10/2022 31/10/2023 31/10/2024
Total gross income £73.47k £133.42k £362.20k £408.12k £388.36k
Total expenditure £126.73k £122.36k £352.40k £383.40k £418.84k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £10.00k £17.51k £500 N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 October 2024 13 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2024 13 February 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2023 30 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2023 30 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2022 09 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2022 09 February 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2021 08 June 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2021 08 June 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2020 15 June 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2020 15 June 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 JUNE 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 30 APRIL 2009

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE IN WEST DORSET AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY, IN PARTICULAR, PROMOTING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BREEDING OF LIVESTOCK, THE PROMOTION AND ORGANISATION OF AGRICULTURAL SHOWS, PLOUGHING MATCHES AND OTHER COMPETITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURE, AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURALLY RELATED ISSUES.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WEST DORSET

Contact information

Address:
MELPLASH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
23 SOUTH STREET
BRIDPORT
DT6 3NT
Phone:
01308423337
Email:
office@melplashshow.co.uk
Website:

www.melplashshow.co.uk Open in new window