# GILLINGHAM AND SHAFTESBURY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1115942
- **Other names:** GILLINGHAM AND SHAFTSBURY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 29, 2006
- **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=1115942


## Contact

- **Address:** Show Office, Turnpike Showground, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
- **Postcode:** SP7 9PL
- **Phone:** 01747823955
- **Email:** info@gillinghamandshaftesburyshow.co.uk
- **Website:** www.gillinghamandshaftesburyshow.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BYA) HOLDING DEMONSTRATIONS OF MODERN AGRICULTURAL METHODS AND PROCESSES;B) HOLDING SHOWS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, FARM AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE AND FORESTRY, AND FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF AGRICULTURAL METHODS AND PROCESSES, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS, MACHINERY, VEHICLES DOMESTIC GOODS, IMPLEMENTS TOOLS AND APPLIANCES, ANIMAL FEED STUFFS, FERTILISERS SEEDS AND OTHER ITEMS APPERTAINING OR ANCILLARY TO AGRICULTURE.TO ADVANCE SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN CONNECTION WITH AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS AND CONSERVATIONTO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RURAL ECONOMY AND AGRICULTURE IN WAYS WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WHICH FOSTER PUBLIC CO-OPERATION AND GOODWILLTO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK AND THE PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF DISEASES IN ALL FORMS OF LIVESTOCK

**Activities:** The Society organises an annual agricultural show to advance education and understanding of the rural economy and agriculture in ways which are beneficial to the local community and which foster public co-operation and goodwill.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE DORSET, SOMERSET, WILTSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Somerset
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £467433 | £545592 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £463667 | £523393 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £411158 | £397573 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £384596 | £286243 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £71031 | £99050 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Allan Miller — appointed April 4, 2024
- Ann Joyce Rossiter — appointed July 20, 2020
- Edward Dyke — appointed April 4, 2024
- Giles Simpson — appointed April 4, 2024
- Helen Young — appointed April 4, 2024
- KEITH SILTON HARRIS — appointed April 25, 2018
- MR KEN TUFFIN
- Matthew Price — appointed Feb. 2, 2023