# DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1066401
- **Other names:** DORCHESTER AGRICULTRAL SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03473496](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03473496)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1066401


## Contact

- **Address:** Dorchester Agricultural Society, Acland Road, DORCHESTER
- **Postcode:** DT1 1EF
- **Phone:** 01305 264249
- **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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Dorset





## Trustees

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




