Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society

Analysis

Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in December 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02073471). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society reported income of £833k and spending of £883k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £644k to £833k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gold Standard Charitable Trust (£833k), Tara Arts Group (£834k) and Brantwood (John Ruskin Memorial Trust) (£832k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79% and trading 21%. Charitable activities took 53% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £873k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 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.