Gravesend and Rochester Agricultural Association

Analysis

Gravesend and Rochester Agricultural Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Challock. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Gravesend and Rochester Agricultural Association reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £2,553 to £19k (+631%), an average of +64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Gravesend and Rochester Agricultural Association sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stafford Freemens Allotments Trust (£19k), High Batts Nature Reserve (£19k) and Daniels Mill Trust (£19k).