# THE NEWBURY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1003898
- **Other names:** GARDEN AND LEISURE SHOW, THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE SHOW, NEWBURY SHOW
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 21, 1991
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1003898


## Contact

- **Address:** Newbury and District Agric Soc, Newbury Showground, Priors Court, Hermitage, THATCHAM
- **Postcode:** Berkshir
- **Phone:** 01635247111
- **Email:** nadas@nadas.co.uk
- **Website:** www.newburyshowground.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1)TO PROMOTE ADVANCE AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES AND FORMS AND TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST, SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND ALL TRADES, CRAFTS, BUSINESSES, AND PROFESSIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH. (2)TO PROMOTE ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE,HORTICULTURE,FORESTRY AND RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS. (3)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NEED TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE WILD LIFE THEREOF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE HOLDING OF SHOWS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF LIVESTOCK, FARM PRODUCE, HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE, MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, ANIMAL FEED STUFFS, FERTILISERS, SEEDS AND OTHER THINGS APPERTAINING TO AGRICULTURE, FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTEREST, SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND AL TRADES, CRAFTS, BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNIQUES, CRAFTS, SKILLS, ADVANCES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH SHOWS TO JUDGE AND AWARD PRIZES

**Activities:** To promote advance and improve for the public benefit agriculture, horticulture, forestry and rural crafts and skills in all their branches and forms and to encourage interest, skill and industry in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, rural crafts and skills and all trades, crafts, businesses, and professions connected therewith.

**Area of benefit:** NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £885488 | £886220 | £1666751 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1047225 | £910780 | £1652769 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £307611 | £248531 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £343892 | £247300 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £216166 | £410569 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Steven John Ackrill** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 1, 2021
- Charles Parry — appointed Aug. 11, 2025
- Dame Susan Mary Bourne — appointed Oct. 21, 2025
- David John Cyril Barr — appointed Nov. 1, 2021
- Paul Frankel — appointed Nov. 1, 2022
- Simon Anthony John Pallett — appointed May 25, 2023
- Steven Coventry — appointed Oct. 14, 2019