Newport and District Agricultural Society

Analysis

Newport and District Agricultural Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newport. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03884659). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Newport and District Agricultural Society reported income of £361k and spending of £400k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £130k to £361k (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Newport and District Agricultural Society sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue (£361k), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Buckinghamshire South Branch (£362k) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Hertfordshire East Branch (£360k).

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.