The Mid-Somerset Agricultural Society

Analysis

The Mid-Somerset Agricultural Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shepton Mallet. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under animals. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Mid-Somerset Agricultural Society reported income of £253k and spending of £255k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £38k to £253k (+571%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Mid-Somerset Agricultural Society sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Endangered Rhino Conservation (£253k), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Plymouth and South West Devon Branch (£257k) and Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue (£253k).