# DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1066401
- **Other names:** DORCHESTER AGRICULTRAL SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 28, 1997
- **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=1066401


## Contact

- **Address:** Dorchester Agricultural Society, Acland Road, DORCHESTER
- **Postcode:** DT1 1EF
- **Phone:** 01305264249
- **Email:** accounts@dorsetcountyshow.co.uk
- **Website:** dorsetcountyshow.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES IN PARTICULAR BY HOLDING SHOWS AND THE SUPPORT OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

**Activities:** Run the annual Dorset County Show incorporating classes for livestock, horticulture, homecraft and horses.  Use the Show to promote agriculture in all its forms.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 30, 2024 | £765770 | £922586 | £473744 | 2 |
| Nov. 30, 2023 | £784794 | £799372 | £591088 | 2 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | £606966 | £711726 | £610635 | 2 |
| Nov. 30, 2021 | £138095 | £141864 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2020 | £82729 | £172481 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Benjamin Best — appointed April 1, 2020
- James Cossins — appointed May 20, 2024
- Jason Bowerman — appointed April 20, 2016
- Karen Van Dijk — appointed Nov. 24, 2023
- Lucinda Wakely — appointed Feb. 4, 2026
- Neil Martin — appointed Nov. 1, 2016
- Paul Dunlop — appointed Feb. 1, 2021
- Rebecca HIll — appointed April 30, 2025
- William Hyde — appointed April 30, 2025