Cheshire Agricultural Society CIO

Analysis

Cheshire Agricultural Society CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knutsford. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Cheshire Agricultural Society CIO reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £538k to £1.2m (+126%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cheshire Agricultural Society CIO sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carla Lane Animals In Need (£1.2m), RSPCA Sussex West Branch (£1.2m) and Pawprints to Freedom Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, trading 18%, investments 4.0% and donations and legacies 2.0%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 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.