# THE NATIONAL VEGETABLE SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1088979
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 22, 2001
- **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=1088979


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 Canmore Street, Kinghorn, BURNTISLAND
- **Postcode:** KY3 9RH
- **Phone:** 01592890284
- **Email:** fcshome@talktalk.net
- **Website:** http://www.nvsuk.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF VEGETABLESB) TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF AN FURTHER PUBLIC INTEREST IN VEGETABLES BY THE PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION, BY EXHIBITION, BY STIMULATING RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENT AND BY AWARDING PRIZES OPEN TO PUBLIC COMPETITION.

**Activities:** NVS activities include the promotion of vegetable growing by home kitchen gardeners using the internet, regional and local lectures and by means of vegetable exhibitions and competitions. We put on demonstrations at various exhibitions and events held throughout the UK, some in conjunction with the RHS and Royal Agricultural Society of England.

**Area of benefit:** NO DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £109243 | £119732 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £116313 | £111430 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £85010 | £83450 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £78446 | £59082 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £69729 | £62766 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Raymond Higgins** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 11, 2021
- Adrian Read — appointed March 2, 2019
- Andrew Jones — appointed April 23, 2024
- Betty Garbutt — appointed July 9, 2024
- CECILIA JEAN FORRESTER — appointed July 30, 2019
- Fiona Clare Shenfield — appointed Sept. 10, 2016
- Frank Taylor — appointed June 28, 2022
- Ian Simpson — appointed Sept. 10, 2016
- Kelvin Victor Mason — appointed Jan. 7, 2018
- Michael Shipley — appointed April 23, 2024
- Norman Dickinson — appointed March 24, 2019
- Owain Roberts — appointed Jan. 17, 2023
- SANDRA HALL — appointed Sept. 14, 2018