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|Governance|Governance|||
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|The directors and trustees are appointed<br>by the Executive Commifiee<br>with ratification||at the following||
|Annual<br>General Meeting. Every year, one third ofths directors<br>must resign and stand for rs-election.||||
|The society is administered<br>on a day to day basis by the secretary,<br>with decisions being taken by||||
|the Executive Commifiee or Trustees<br>during<br>regular routine meetings.<br>Ifrequired,<br>Ad Hoc meetings||||
|are convened. The Executive Committee<br>reports to a General Commifiee<br>to keep that||body informed||
|ofprogress|in the development<br>ofthe show.|||
|The society was incorporated<br>as a company<br>limited<br>by guarantee<br>on 26June 1998and is||||
|registered|with the charity commission<br>(no. 1071618).The charity took over assets of|the former||
|charity North Devon Agricultural<br>Society (no. 1043968)which ceased on 2 November||1998.||
|The charity|is governed<br>by its Memorandum<br>and Articles ofAssociation<br>adopted on 26June 1998.|||
|Ob'acts<br>Or aniaation<br>andActivities||||
|Charitable|objects|||
|The advancement<br>of agriculture<br>and horticulture<br>for ths benefit of the pubkc in North Devon and||||
|surrounding|areas and to support or assist such other charitabl<br>institutions<br>or purposes as the|||
|company<br>shall from time to time determine.||||
|The trustees have complied<br>with the duty in ths 2011Charitiss<br>Act to have the due regard||||
|to guidance|published<br>by the Charity Commission.|||
|Powers||||
|In furtherance<br>ofthe objects but not otherwise,<br>the society may exercise the following||powers:||
||To hold an annual<br>show or shows;|||
|2)|To raise funds and to invite and receive contributions<br>provided<br>that the society shall not|||
||undertake<br>any permanent<br>trading<br>activities<br>in raising funds for its charitable|object and||
||shall conform to any requirements<br>of law.|||
|3)|To buy, take on lease or in exchange any property necessary<br>for the achievement<br>ofthe|||
||objects and to maintain<br>and equip<br>it for use.|||
|4)|Subject to any consents required<br>by law to sell, lease or dispose ofany part ofthe property|||
||ofths somety.|||
|5)|Subject to any consents required<br>by law to borrow money and to charge afi|or any perl|of|
||the property of the society with the repayment<br>ofthe money so borrowed.|||
|6)|To buy the services ofsuch individuals<br>(who shall not be Directors) as are|necessary for||
||the property<br>pursuits ofths oblects.|||
|7)|To co-operate with other charities, voluntary<br>bodies and statutory<br>authorities|operating|in|
||furtherance<br>ofthe objects or ofsimilar charitable<br>purposes<br>and to exchange|information||
||and advice with them.|||
|8)|To establish<br>or suppoh any charitable<br>trusts, associations<br>or institutions<br>formed for afi or|||
||any ofthe objects.|||
|9)|To appoint<br>and constitute<br>such advisory commifises as the Executive Committee<br>may think|||
||fit.|||
|10)|To do afi such lawful things as are necessary<br>for the achievement<br>of the above objects.|||
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|All committee<br>members<br>snd show stewards ars volunteers<br>and without their valuable|support and work||
|it is unlikely that the show would be abls to take place in its cunent form.|||
|Investment<br>P<br>I|||
|The society does not have a specific investment<br>policy. The commifise have delegated|powers to the||
|secretary to move monies bshveen<br>the bank acoounts as required<br>in order to obtain the|||
|best rate ofreturn.|||
|Finances|||
|The aaached finandal<br>statements<br>show the current state ofthe finances which the Trustees consider|||
|to be sound. There was a surplus ofgeneral funds offif 7,241 for the year and general|funds cerned||
|forward of2140,401|||
|The Trustees<br>Intend to continue<br>holding the annual<br>show in furtherance<br>ofthe key objectives ofthe|||
|socieiy, which isto provide a good family one day show.|||
|i kfifiana<br>ament Polio|||
|The committee<br>meet reguiarily to to monitor the risks that the society faces and to establish systems|||
|and strategies<br>to minimize these. The principal<br>risks are those ofthe loss ofthe show|due to either||
|weather problems or disease<br>outbreaks<br>such as foot and mouth. The committee<br>hopes to reduce these|||
|by impmvlng<br>the sll weather facilitiss on the showground<br>snd building<br>up reserves to finsnce this.|||
|~Rsorves<br>EEgfi<br>Itis the policy ofthe sodety to hold free reserves eta sufficient level to enable<br>Itto continue operating||In the|
|event offite loss of two successive annual shows.|||
|The annual<br>agricultural<br>show is open to the general<br>public and entrance fees are kept|as low as economically||
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|Trustees:|||W Harper|||
||||HG Dart|||
||||MJ Ley||(Chairman)|
||||KComings|||
||||GFG Kivell|||
||||DJ Snow|||
||||EQuick||(Vice Chairman)|
||||I Allin|||
||||P Ley|||
||||C Norman|||
||||G Underhill|||
||||G Phillips|||
||||C Hill|||
||||C Dart|||
||||Mrs BSavory||President|
||||L Pyle|||
||||Theresa Soanes|||
|Charity Number:|||1071618|||
|Company|Number:||3588826|||
|Bankers:|||Lloyds TSBpic|||
||||5 High Street|||
||||Bideford|||
||||Devon|||
|Solicffors:|||Peter, Peter &Wright|||
||||Grenvllle<br>House|||
||||The Quay|||
||||Bideford|||
||||Devon|||
|Accountants:|||Arete|||
||||Lime Court|||
||||Pathgslds|Business Park||
||||South Molton|||
||||Devon|||
||||EX363LH|||
|Registered|Otffce:||Lime Court|||
||||Pathfields|Business Park||
||||South Molton|||
||||Devon|||
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|Administration||Office|15George|Arcade||
||||South Molton|||
||||Devon|||
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||||FO|R THE YEAR ENDED|31OCTOBER 2022|||
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||||||UnrestHcled|Total||
|||||Note|Funds|2022|2021|
||||||6|5|6|
|Income<br>nd En|wments||From|||||
|Voluntary<br>income<br>Investmsnt<br>income|||||10,157<br>13|10,157<br>13|22,416<br>118|
|Charitable<br>Activities|||||311,980|311,980|1,667|
|Total income|||||322,151|322,151|24,201|
|~adit<br>fs||||||||
|Costs ofcharitable|activities||||304,910|304,910|71,876|
|Total Expenditure|||||304,910|304,g10|71,876|
|Nef Income for the||year before other||||||
|mcognlssd gains|||||17,241|17,241|(47,675)|
|Other recognised|gains|||||||
|Net income for the year|||||17,241|17,241|(47,675)|
|Total funds brought||forward|||123,160|123,160|170,835|
|Total funds carried||forward|||140,401|140,401|123,160|





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||Note||2021|
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||||8|
|Ejfi~fiats<br>Tangible assets|10|24,846|28,723|
|Current Assets||||
|Debtors||11,662|6,157|
|Cash at bank and in hand||106,258|96,274|
|||117,920|102,431|
|Creditors:||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year|12|||
|Net Current Assets||115,555|94.437|
|Net Assets||, 0||
|Capital and Reserves<br>General fund|13|119,220|101,979|
|Revaluafion<br>reserve|13|||
|Total Reserves||140,401||





|1|ACCOUNTING<br>POLICIES|||||||||
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|(a)|Basis of preparation<br>offinancial statements|||||||||
||Ths accounts have been prepared<br>in accordance<br>with|ths society's govering<br>document,||||||||
||the Companies<br>Act 2006 and "Accounting<br>and Reporting<br>by charities:Statement||of|||||||
||Recommended<br>Practice applicable<br>to charities<br>preparing<br>their accounts<br>in accordance|||||||||
||with the Financial<br>Reporting<br>Standard<br>applicabls<br>in the|UK and Republic ofireland (FRS102)"||||||||
||(as amended<br>for accounting<br>periods commencing<br>from 1 January 2016).The trust isa Public|||||||||
||Benefit Entity as define by FRS102.|||||||||
||Ths society has taken advantage<br>ofthe provisions<br>in ths SORP for charitiss<br>applying|||FRS||102|Update|||
||Bulletin<br>1 not to prepare a Statement<br>ofCash Flows.|||||||||
|(b)|Fund accounting|||||||||
||Restricted Funds.<br>The society has no restricted<br>funds.|||||||||
||Unreslricied<br>funds. These are donations<br>and other incoming resources<br>receivable or generated||||||for|the||
||objects ofthe charity without<br>further specific purpose<br>and which the charity may||use|for its purpose||||||
||at its discretion.|||||||||
|(c)|Income recognition|||||||||
||Income represents<br>subscriptions<br>received together<br>with other income received||from|charitable|||activities|||
||during the period.|||||||||
||Incoming resources are accounted<br>for on a receivable|basis. Unless stated, no|incoming||resources||||have|
||been included<br>in the SOFA nst ofexpenditure.|||||||||
||Voluntary<br>income is reoeived<br>by way of donations<br>and|gifts and is included<br>in full in the Statement of||||||||
||Financial<br>Activities when receivable.<br>Gifts donated<br>for resale are included as income|||when||they|are|sold.||
||Donated assets ars included at the value lo the charity|where this can bs quantified||and a third|||party||is|
||bearing the cost.|||||||||
||Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified.|||||||Ths||
||value ofservices provided<br>by volunteers<br>has not been|included.||||||||
|(d)|Expenditure<br>recognition|||||||||
||Expenditure<br>is recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive<br>obligation||committing|||the||||
||charity to that expenditure,<br>it is probable<br>that settlement|will be required<br>and the|amount||of|||||
||the obligation<br>can bs measured<br>reliably. The society is|not registered<br>for VAT and afi||||||||
||expenditure<br>indudes<br>this where appropnate.|||||||||
||Afi expenditure<br>is accounted<br>for an accruals basis.|||||||||
||Charitable<br>expenditure<br>comprises those costs incurred|by the society in ths delivery||of its||||||
||activities and services for its beneficiaries.<br>It includes costs that can be allocated|||||||||
||directly to such activities, costs ofan indirect nature necessary to supporl<br>them||and|||||||
||costs associated<br>with meeting the constitutional<br>and statutory<br>requirements<br>ofthe charity.|||||||||
|(e)|Stocks|||||||||
||Stock is included at cost.|||||||||
||Fixed assets and depreciation|||||||||
||Tangible<br>fixed assets ars included<br>in Ihe accounts at oost less accumulated<br>depreciation||||unless|||||
||revalued.<br>Gains and losses on disposal and revaluation|oftangible<br>fixed assets|are charges|||or||||
||credited to the SOFA.|||||||||
||Depreciation<br>is provided<br>by the society to write down the cost oftangible<br>fixed assets|||to their||||||
||estimated<br>residual<br>value over the period oftheir expected useful economic lives||as follows:|||||||
||Cups-<br>60year straight<br>line basis.|||||||||
||Equipment-<br>20%reducing balance.|||||||||
||Improvements-<br>The period ofthe unexpired<br>lease on the show ground.|||||||||
||Where there are indications<br>that the values oftangible|fixed assets may have become impaired,|||||the|||
||directors carry out a full impairment<br>review and assets|are wrifien down to their|recoverable|||amounts||||
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|2|VOLUNTARY|||INCOME||||||Unrestricted|Total||
|||||||||||Funds|2022|2021|
||||||||||||E|E|
||Membership|||subscriptions||||||9,132|9,132|5,896|
||Donations||and grants|||||||1,025|1,025|8,622|
||Job Retention|||Scheme Grant||||||||7,898|
|||||||||||10157|10,157|22 416|
|3|INVESTMENT INCOME||||||||||||
|||||||||||Unrestricted|Total||
|||||||||||Funds|2022|2021|
||||||||||||E|E|
||UK bank interest|||||||||13|13|118|
|4|INCOME FROM CHARITABLE|||||||ACTIVITIES|||||
|||||||||||Unrestricted|Total||
|||||||||||Funds|2022|2021|
|||||||||||E|E|E|
||Show income:|||||Entry fees||||16,320|16,320|369|
|||||||Trade stands||||68,392|68,392|203|
|||||||Net gate receipts||||180,315|180,315||
|||||||Selling|rights|||16,916|16,916||
|||||||Sponsorship|||money|24,520|24,520|1,095|
|||||||Sundry|receipts|||5,517|5,517||
|||||||||||311980|311,980|1667|
|5|EXPENDITURE|||||||||Unrestricted|Total||
|||||||||||Funds|2022|2021|
|||||||||||E|E|E|
||Direct show||expenditure|||||||202,663|202,663|27,294|
||Sundry expenses|||||||||1,215|1,215|162|
||Depreciation|||||||||3877|3,877|645|
|||||||||||207,755|207,755|26,811|
||Support costs|||(note 6)||||||97,155|97,155|45,065|
|||||||||||304910|304,910|71 876|
|6|SUPPORT||COSTS||||||||||
|||||||||||Unrestricted|Total||
|||||||||||Funds|2022|2021|
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||Honorarium|||||||||200|200|350|
||Secretary's||fees &||expenses|||||25,515|25,515|23,741|
||Secretary's||assistants'|||fees||||9,700|9,700|2,420|
||ONce rent|||||||||9,312|9,312|5,349|
||Electricity|||||||||2,885|2,885|1,612|
||Advertising|||||||||13,247|13,247|59|
||Printing,<br>stationery||||and|computer||software||11,869|11,869|1,385|
||Telephone|and||administration|||costs|||8,784|8,784|4,307|
||ANliatiorl fees|||||||||241|241|60|
||Dinner and|other meetings||||||||3,268|3,268|120|
||Charitable<br>donations|||||||||6|6||
||Oflice Service|||Charges||||||||1,009|
||Bank charges|||||||||3,910|3,910|69|
||Accountants'||fees -||independent||||examination|700|700|650|
||||||other services|||||1,122|1,122|972|
||Equipment|Hire||||||||3,648|3,648|2,962|
||Legal fees|||||||||510|510||
||Repairs and||renewals|||||||2,237|2,237||
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|The society's annual<br>commitments||for rental payments|under non-cancellable||lease as|at 31||
|October 2022 were as follows:||||||||
|Operating<br>leases which expires:||||||2022<br>f|2021<br>5|
|Within one to five years||||||10,925|10,925|
|The terms ofthe agreement|state|that the licence runs|ungil August 2024.|||||
|TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS||||||Leasehold||
||||Cups|Equipment||Imp'vmnts|Total|
|Costfveluation||||||||
|As at 1 November<br>2021|||21.815||53,443|70,767|146,025|
|Additions<br>in period||||||||
|As at 31 October 2022|||21,815||53,443|70,767|146,025|
|Depreciation||||||||
|As at 1 November 2021|||5,528||46,697|65,077|117,302|
|Charge for the period|||436||1,012|2,429|3,876.65|
|As at 31 October 2022|||5,984||47,709|67,506|121,179|
|Net book value:||||||||
|As st 31October 2022|||15,851||5,734|3,261|24,846|
|As at 31 October 2021|||16,287||6,746|5,690|28,723|





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||Operating<br>debtors|||||4,189|460|
||Prepayments<br>Stock|||||6,640<br>833|4,581<br>1,116|
||Other debtors|||||||
|||||||11,662|6,157|
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||Creditors: amounts|||falling dus within one year||6||
||Operating<br>creditors|||||833|6,891|
||Amounts<br>received|||in advance||||
||Accruals and deferred||||income|1,532|1,103|
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||Unrestricted|funds||||||
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||At 1 November||2021|||21,181|101,979|
||Surplus/(Oeacit)||in|ths|year||17,241|
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