# Dutch Spotted Sheep Society

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1171992
- **Other names:** DUTCH SPOTTED SHEEP (UK), DSS(UK)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 10, 2017
- **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=1171992


## Contact

- **Address:** Birniehall Farm, CARLUKE, Lanarkshire
- **Postcode:** ML8 4QZ
- **Phone:** 07818 131 242
- **Email:** secretary@dutchspottedsheep.co.uk
- **Website:** www.dutchspottedsheep.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THELAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THEPROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT, PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREEDINGOF DUTCH SPOTTED SHEEP (HEREAFTER CALLED DSS) AND INCLUDES SHEEP KNOWN AS ÔNEDERLANDSBONTE SCHAAPÖ AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PURITY OF THE BREED.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THEPURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEEINVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

**Activities:** Education programmes, training courses, classes, lectures, seminars & publications about breeding, development & good husbandry of DSS. The advancement of heritage, culture and science through the promotion, encouragement and development of DSS as a breed and their role within the agricultural community in the UK, the ROI & elsewhere; The advancement of animal welfare in relation to DSS.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | £154602 | £121092 | — | — |
| April 30, 2024 | £181245 | £129312 | — | — |
| April 30, 2023 | £191129 | £98116 | — | — |
| April 30, 2022 | £132797 | £99067 | — | — |
| April 30, 2021 | £100631 | £42076 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Edward Adamson** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 9, 2019
- Catherine Margaret Difford — appointed Aug. 25, 2023
- Charmain Rose Plummer — appointed Aug. 30, 2024
- Gemma Clare Stanford — appointed Aug. 25, 2023
- Greg Haste — appointed Aug. 29, 2025
- Jonathan Andrew Marshall — appointed Nov. 6, 2022
- Nicholas Leslie brown — appointed Aug. 30, 2024
- Pamela Anne Parker — appointed Aug. 30, 2024
- Robina Ivy Alman-Wilson — appointed Aug. 25, 2023
- Sian Jones — appointed Aug. 29, 2025
- William Joseph Campbell — appointed Nov. 22, 2021