The Westmorland County Agricultural Society Limited

Analysis

The Westmorland County Agricultural Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03146325). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Westmorland County Agricultural Society Limited reported income of £883k and spending of £1.0m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £838k to £883k (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Westmorland County Agricultural Society Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Horseracing Museum (£883k), Dorset Opera (£884k) and The Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians (£878k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, trading 12%, investments 5.6% and donations and legacies 3.9%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. Reserves of £3.9m would cover about 45 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.

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.