The Burwarton and District Agricultural Society Limited

Analysis

The Burwarton and District Agricultural Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02088026). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Burwarton and District Agricultural Society Limited reported income of £352k and spending of £407k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £49k to £352k (+615%), an average of +64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 548%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Burwarton and District Agricultural Society Limited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 The Helicopter Museum (£352k), The Standard Steam Locomotive Company Limited (£353k) and Ness Gardens - (Agnes Lois Bulley Trust) (£352k).

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.