KENT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The holding of an annual show for the exhibition of livestock, farm & horticultural produce, machinery & other things pertaining to agriculture. The encouragement of rural education & the improvement of agriculture generally through the provision of awards and financial help to students. Raising awareness of agriculture to school children via school visits and the Living Land show.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 September 2023
Total income:
£2,579,179
Donations and legacies | £30.08k | |
Charitable activities | £854.21k | |
Other trading activities | £1.67m | |
Investments | £11.62k | |
Other | £10.36k |
Total expenditure:
£2,526,886
Raising funds | £468.61k | |
Charitable activities | £993.74k | |
Other | £1.06m |
£62,611 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £1.53m | |
Charitable expenditure | £993.74k | |
Retained for future use | £52.29k |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £1.53m | |
Charitable expenditure | £993.74k | |
Retained for future use | £114.90k |
People

15 Employee(s)
10 Trustee(s)
200 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- Animals
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Other Charitable Activities
- Kent
Governance
- 17 December 1990: Standard registration
No other names
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- 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
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
10 Trustee(s)
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Kristina Boulden | Trustee | 14 February 2025 |
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Jonathan William Booth | Trustee | 17 February 2023 |
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Matthew Richard Cullen | Trustee | 11 January 2023 |
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The Honorable Fiennes Alexander Wykeham M Cornwallis | Trustee | 07 December 2022 |
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Claire Elizabeth Seymour | Trustee | 18 February 2022 |
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Nicholas Martin Bolas | Trustee | 18 February 2022 |
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Sarah Kathleen Gaines | Trustee | 12 February 2021 |
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Neil Lakeland | Trustee | 12 February 2021 |
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Janis Ann Loraine | Trustee | 14 February 2020 |
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HUGH JOHN EDWARD SUMMERFIELD BA FCA | Trustee | 03 February 2017 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 30/09/2019 | 30/09/2020 | 30/09/2021 | 30/09/2022 | 30/09/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £2.49m | £1.33m | £1.09m | £2.15m | £2.58m | |
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Total expenditure | £2.57m | £1.38m | £1.08m | £2.06m | £2.53m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £10.00k | £196.80k | £6.00k | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £30.84k | £167.90k | £214.54k | £29.21k | £30.08k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £1.34m | £742.68k | £652.75k | £29.93k | £1.67m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £1.11m | £46.98k | £170.70k | £975.56k | £854.21k | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £7.78k | £7.10k | £19.55k | £12.87k | £11.62k | |
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Income - Other | £7.88k | £361.79k | £31.95k | £1.11m | £10.36k | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £1.88m | £1.22m | £989.05k | £788.21k | £993.74k | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £682.59k | £157.89k | £94.20k | £472.72k | £468.61k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £79.59k | £85.42k | £47.34k | £716.00k | £18.76k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £4.13k | £4.40k | £6.39k | £126.14k | £6.38k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £799.92k | £1.06m |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 30/09/2019 | 30/09/2020 | 30/09/2021 | 30/09/2022 | 30/09/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £4.23m | £3.83m | £4.19m | £4.07m | £3.48m | |
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Long-term investments | £888.46k | £930.36k | £701.57k | £655.74k | £1.20m | |
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Other assets | £154.54k | £719.25k | £574.06k | £968.30k | £978.89k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £2.09m | £1.96m | £1.88m | £2.02m | £1.87m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 30 September 2023 | 28 June 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2023 | 28 June 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 September 2022 | 23 January 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2022 | 23 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 September 2021 | 15 March 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2021 | 15 March 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 September 2020 | 18 May 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2020 | 18 May 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 September 2019 | 24 August 2020 | 25 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2019 | 24 August 2020 | 25 days late | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/11/1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/08/1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/02/2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/10/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 SEP 2023
Charitable objects
A) THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, HORTICULTURE, ALLIED INDUSTRIES RURAL CRAFTS AND THE BREEDING OF LIVESTOCK B) THE DEMONSTRATION OF IMPROVED METHODS AND PROCESSES CONNECTED WITH THE ABOVE C) THE HOLDING OF AN ANNUAL SHOW FOR THE EXHIBITION OF LIVESTOCK, FARM PRODUCE, HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE, MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, APPLIANCES, UTENSILS, ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS, FERTILIZERS, SEEDS AND OTHER THINGS CONNECTED WITH OR APPERTAINING TO AGRICULTURE D) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK BY PUBLICATIONS GRANTS OR OTHER MEANS E) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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KENT COUNTY SHOW GROUND
DETLING HILL
DETLING
MAIDSTONE
ME14 3JF
- Phone:
- 01622630975
- Email:
- info@kentshowground.co.uk
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