The British Bleu du Maine Sheep Society

Analysis

The British Bleu du Maine Sheep Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Usk. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01671347). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British Bleu du Maine Sheep Society reported income of £18k and spending of £23k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £19k to £18k (-5.3%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The British Bleu du Maine Sheep Society sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hardwicke Hall (£18k), Mayor of Thame's Charity Trust (£18k) and The Fable Fund Limited (£18k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.