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Bridgwater Agricultural Society Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 275593SomersetAnimals
Income£65k2025-02-28
Spending£72ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctAnimals
Registered1978Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bridgwater Agricultural Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in May 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01355085). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Bridgwater Agricultural Society Limited reported income of £65k and spending of £72k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £43k to £65k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Bridgwater Agricultural Society Limited sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saving Macedonian Strays (£65k), Heartbeat Home for Horses Limited (£65k) and Wild Things Res-Q (Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital) (£65k).

Income and spending

£0£22k£45k£67k£90k2021 Income: £42,6652021 Spending: £36,48720212022 Income: £54,3552022 Spending: £48,52620222023 Income: £52,6552023 Spending: £89,85920232024 Income: £54,1442024 Spending: £40,22620242025 Income: £64,8122025 Spending: £71,7962025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

USE OF INVESTMENT INCOME FOR ADVANCEMENT OF GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIETY'S OBJECTIVES; IE TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THOSE AREAS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Saving Macedonian StraysEdwalton£65k
Heartbeat Home for Horses LimitedSuffolk£65k
Wild Things Res-Q (Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital)Wiltshire£65k
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Stourbridge and District BranchWest Midlands£65k