# ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1101337
- **Other names:** RASC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 31, 2003
- **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=1101337


## Contact

- **Address:** Royal Norfolk Agricultural Ass., Norfolk Showground, Dereham Road, NORWICH
- **Postcode:** NR5 0TT
- **Phone:** 01603748931
- **Email:** info@therasc.com
- **Website:** www.therasc.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR TO SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT UTILISATION OF LAND GIVING FULL REGARD TO THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION AND TO ENCOURAGE AND ARRANGE THE INTERCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND AQUACULTURE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND AS AN ANCILLARY TO THE FORGOING OBJECT:1. TO ENCOURAGE, STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE THE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS AND BONDS BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH;2. TO ASSIST THE MEMBER SOCIETIES TO CARRY OUT THEIR OBJECTS BY ARRANGING FOR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES OR DELEGATES TO HOLD CONFERENCES THUS ENABLING THE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS AND DISCUSSIONS OF MUTUAL PROBLEMS;3. TO ENCOURAGE THE PROMOTION AND EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH;4. IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY DO NOT EXIST, TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND THEIR FUNCTION IN PROMOTING THE ABOVE OBJECTS;5. TO ENCOURAGE THE EXCHANGE OF YOUNG FARMERS, TECHNICIANS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE PROFESSIONS ALLIED TO FARMING; AND6. TO KEEP UNDER REVIEW IMPORT AND EXPORT STANDARDS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES OF THE MEMBER SOCIETIES IN SO FAR AS THEY ACCEPT THE MOVEMENT AND HEALTH OF LIVESTOCK AND THE QUALITY OF AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURE.

**Activities:** The Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth encourages the interchange of information about and the development of sustainable agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture and the rural environment throughout the Commonwealth.The principal objective is to hold a biennial Commonwealth Conference giving RASC members and other bodies the opportunity to explore mutual interests and problems.

**Area of benefit:** THE COMMONWEALTH




## Classification

- **How:** Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £259656 | £223512 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £18013 | £15975 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £56041 | £9796 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £19588 | £223 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £36227 | £72471 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ALLAN MURRAY — appointed Sept. 17, 2013
- Alan George Crowe — appointed June 30, 2018
- Aled Rhys Jones — appointed June 30, 2017
- BREYTON DEVON MILFORD — appointed June 10, 2019
- Christine Knipe — appointed Feb. 1, 2017
- Christopher Paul Riddle — appointed Dec. 18, 2017
- DAVID THOMAS — appointed Sept. 17, 2013
- GEOFFREY WILLIAM BURGESS — appointed June 10, 2019
- JOHN BENNETT
- Johannes Carel Ehlers — appointed July 1, 2017
- MR M LAMBERT
- REBECCA JAYNE DAWES — appointed June 10, 2019
- Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett — appointed June 10, 2019
- SIMON ORPWOOD — appointed Sept. 17, 2013
- Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon Bt KCVO — appointed June 8, 2021
- WILLIAM PRICHARD — appointed Sept. 17, 2013
- William F Arnot — appointed June 30, 2018
- William Hyde — appointed June 30, 2017