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|Reference andAdministrativeDetailsoftheSociety,itsTrusteesandAdvisers|1|
|Chairman·s Statement|2-3|
|Trustees'Report|4-13|
|IndependentAuditors'ReportontheFinancialStatements|14-17|
|ConsolidatedStatementofFinancialActivities|18-19|
|ConsolidatedBalance Sheet|20|
|SocietyBalance Sheet|21-22|
|ConsolidatedStatementofCashFlows|23|
|NotestotheFinancialStatements|24- 39|





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|Trustees|Mr C.P.B. Burgoyne, Chairman|
|---|---|
||Dr S.L. Greener, Vice Chair|
||Mr T.H. Gribble|
||MrM.R. Martin, Treasurer|
||MrsM.Thomas-Atkin|
||MsJ.McElhinney, Vice Chair|
||MrR.Stevenson {resigned 25 July 2022)|
||Mr J.J. Allen|
||MrA.Smith|
||MrI.J.Massow|
|**Company registered**||
|**number**|00527571|
|**Charity registered**||
|**number**|227033|
|**Registered office**|Selsfield Road|
||Ardingly|
||West Sussex|
||RH17 6TL|
|**Company secretary**|MrM.R. Martin|
|**Independent auditors**|Knill James LLP|
||Chartered Accountants|
||Statutory Auditor|
||One Bell Lane|
||Lewes|
||East Sussex|
||BN71JU|
|**Investment adviser**|Canaccord|
||8th Floor|
||88 Wood Street|
||London|
||EC2V7QR|





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|||**Endowment**|**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total**|_Total_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|_funds_|
|||**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|_2021_|
||**Note**|£|£|£|£|£|
|**Income and**|||||||
|**endowments from:**|||||||
|Donations and legacies|<br>3|||**22,732**|**22,732**|_19,741_|
|Charitable activities|4|||**1,293,771**|**1,293,771**|_1,113,854_|
|Other trading activities|5|||**920,837**|**920,837**|_641,490_|
|Investments|6|||**13,884**|**13,884**|_8,389_|
|Other income||||**35,002**|**35,002**|_132,802_|
|**Total income and**|||||||
|**endowments**||||**2,286,226**|**2,286,226**|_1,916,276_|
|**Expenditure on:**|||||||
|Raising funds|7|||**132,675**|**132,675**|_79,851_|
|Charitable activities||||**1,822,708**|**1,822,708**|_1,440,101_|
|**Total expenditure**||||**1,955,383**|**1,955,383**|_1,519,952_|
|**Net income before**|||||||
|**net (losses)/gains on**|||||||
|**investments**||||**330,843**|**330,843**|_396,324_|
|Net (losses)/gainson|||||||
|investments||||**(8,179)**|**(8,179)**|_1,268_|
|**Net income**||||**322,664**|**322,664**|_397,592_|
|**Net movement in**|||||||
|**funds before other**|||||||
|**recognised**|||||||
|**gains/(losses)**||||**322,664**|**322,664**|_397,592_|
|**Other recognised**|||||||
|**gains/(losses):**|||||||
|(Losses)/gainson|||||||
|revaluation of fixed|||||||
|assets|||**(24,878)**|**(64,577)**|**(89,455)**|_75,741_|
|**Net movementin**|||||||
|**funds**|||**(24,878)**|**258,087**|**233,209**|_473,333_|





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|||**Endowment**|**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total**|_Total_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|_funds_|
|||**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|_2021_|
||**Note**|£|£|£|£|£|
|**Reconciliationof**|||||||
|**funds:**|||||||
|Total funds brought|||||||
|forward||**193,937**|**113,676**|**2,368,895**|**2,676,508**|_2,203,175_|
|Netmovement in funds|||**(24,878)**|**258,087**|**233,209**|_473,333_|
|**Total funds carried**|||||||
|**forward**||**193,937**|**88,798**|**2,626,982**|**2,909,717**|_2,676,508_|





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||**Note**||£||£|
|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|12||**1,831,667**||_1,795,325_|
|Investments|13||**992,742**||_828,878_|
||||**2,824,409**||_2,624,203_|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Stocks|14|**2,908**||_2,908_||
|Debtors|15|**163,846**||_110,589_||
|Cashatbank andinhand||**271,405**||_206,117_||
|||**438,159**||_319,614_||
|Creditors: amounts falling due within one||||||
|year|16|**(352,851)**||_(267,309)_||
|**Net current assets**|||**85,308**||_52,305_|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||**2,909,717**||_2,676,508_|
|**Total net assets**|||**2,909,717**||_2,676,508_|
|**Charity funds**||||||
|Endowment funds|17||**193,937**||_193,937_|
|Restricted funds|17||**88,798**||_113,676_|
|Unrestricted funds|17||**2,626,982**||_2,368,895_|
|**Total funds**|||**2,909,717**||_2,676,508_|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Note**||£||£|
|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|12||**1,831,667**||_1,795,325_|
|Investments|13||**992,744**||_828,880_|
||||**2,824,411**||_2,624,205_|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Stocks|14|**2,908**||_2,908_||
|Debtors|15|**159,150**||_120,302_||
|Cash at bank andinhand||**189,978**||_159,204_||
|||**352,036**||_282)414_||
|Creditors: amounts falling due within one||||||
|year|16|**(305,355)**||_(268,738)_||
|**Net current assets**|||**46,681**||_13,676_|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||**2,871,092**||_2,637,881_|
|**Net assets excluding pension asset**|||**2,871,092**||_2,637,881_|
|**Total net assets**|||**2,871,092**||_2,637,881_|
|**Charity funds**||||||
|Endowment funds|17||**193,937**||_193,937_|
|Restricted funds|17||**88,798**||_113,676_|
|Unrestricted funds|17||**2,588,357**||_2,330,268_|
|**Total funds**|||**2,871,092**||_2,637,881_|





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||**2022**|_2021_|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|**Cash flows from operating activities**|||
|Net cash used in operating activities|**468,670**|_433,592_|
|**Cash flows from investing activities**|||
|Dividends. interests and rents from investments|**13,884**|_8,389_|
|Proceeds from the saleoftangible fixed assets|**6,205**||
|Purchaseoftangible fixed assets|**{161,973)**|_(69,512)_|
|Proceeds from saleofinvestments|**97,111**|_27,693_|
|Purchase of investments|**(358,609)**|_(161, 194)_|
|**Net cash usedininvesting activities**|**(403,382)**|**(194,624)**|
|**Cash flows from financing activities**|||
|**Net cash providedbyfinancing activities**|||
|**Changeincash and cash equivalentsinthe year**|**65,288**|**238,968**|
|Cash and cash equivalents at the beginningofthe year|**206,117**|_(32,851)_|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**|**271,405**|_206,117_|





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||**2022**|**2022**|_2021_|
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|Donations|22,732|**22,732**|_19,741_|
|_Total 2021_|_19,741_|_19,741_||



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||**Unrestricted**|**Total**|_Total_|
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|_funds_|
||**2022**|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|
|Promotionofagriculture and horticulture|1,293,771|**1,293,771**|_1,113,854_|
|_Total 2021_|_1,113,854_|_1,113,854_||



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||**Unrestricted**|**Total**|_Total_|
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|_funds_|
||**2022**|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|
|Membership subscriptions|113,066|**113,066**|_91,848_|
|Income from SouthofEngland Event Centre|807,771|**807,771**|_549,642_|
||920,837|**920,837**|_641,490_|
|_Total 2021_|_641,490_|_641,490_||





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|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|_funds_|
||**2022**|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|
|Investment management fees|4,832|**4,832**|_3,713_|
|_Total 2021_|_3,713_|_3,713_||



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||**Activities**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**undertaken**|**Support**|**Total**|_Total_|
||**directly**|**costs**|**funds**|_funds_|
||**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|
|Promotionofagriculture and horticulture|767,249|1,038,013|**1,805,262**|_1,425,050_|
|Advancementofeducationinagriculture and|||||
|horticulture|17,446||**17,446**|_15,051_|
||784,695|1,038,013|**1,822,708**|_1,440,101_|
|_Total 2021_|_563,966_|_876,135_|_1,440,101_||





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|**Auditors· remuneration**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|
|Fees payable to the Society's auditor for the audit of the Society's annual|||
|accounts|**12,960**|_12,152_|
|Fees payable to the Society's auditor in respect of:|||
|All taxation advisory services not included above|**625**|_765_|
|All non-audit services not included above {payroll)|**1,242**|_1,416_|



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||**Group**|_Group_|**Society**|_Society_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|
|Wages and salaries|**454,834**|_395,439_|**454,834**|_395,439_|
|Social security costs|**42,827**|_35,937_|**42,827**|_35,937_|
|Contribution to defined contribution pension|||||
|schemes|**22,129**|_20,021_|**22,129**|_20,021_|
||**519,790**|_451,397_|**519,790**|_451,397_|



||**Group**|_Group_|**Society**|_Society_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|**2022**|_2021_|
||**No.**|_No._|**No.**|_No._|
|Office|9|_8_|9|_8_|
|Groundstaff|**4**|_4_|**4**|_4_|
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||**Freehold**|**Plant and**|**Fixtures and**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**property**|**machinery**|**fittings**|**Trophies**|**Total**|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|**Cost or valuation**||||||
|At 1 January 2022|**3,124,271**|**303,012**|**517,167**|**150,000**|**4,094,450**|
|Additions|**19,746**|**93,981**|**48,246**||**161,973**|
|Disposals|**(41,289)**|**(21,755)**|||**(63,044)**|
|At31December 2022|**3,102,728**|**375,238**|**565,413**|**150,000**|**4,193,379**|
|**Depreciation**||||||
|At1 January 2022|**1,563,381**|**257,411**|**478,333**||**2,299,125**|
|Charge for the year|**66,011**|**31,898**|**27,721**||**125,630**|
|Ondisposals|**(41,289)**|**(21,755)**|||**(63,044)**|
|At31December 2022|**1,588,103**|**267,554**|**506,054**||**2,361,711**|
|**Net book value**||||||
|At31December 2022|**1,514,625**|**107,684**|**59,359**|**150,000**|**1,831,668**|
|_At31December 2021_|_1,560,890_|_45,601_|_38,834_|_150,000_|_1,795,325_|



||**Group**|_Group_|**Society**|_Society_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|
|Trophies|**55,594**|_55,594_|**55,594**|_55,594_|





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|---|---|---|---|
||||**investments**|
|**Group**|||£|
|**Cost or valuation**||||
|At 1 January 2022|||**828,878**|
|Additions|||**326,506**|
|Disposals|||**(105,290)**|
|Revaluations|||**(89,455)**|
|Cash movements|||**32,103**|
|At31December 2022|||**992,742**|
|**Net book value**||||
|At31December2022|||**992,742**|
|_At31December2021_|||_828,878_|
||**Investmentin**|||
||**subsidiary**|**Listed**||
||**company**|**investments**|**Total**|
|**Society**|£|£|£|
|**Cost or valuation**||||
|At 1 January2022|**2**|**828,878**|**828,880**|
|Additions||**326,506**|**326,506**|
|Disposals||**(105,290)**|**(105,290)**|
|Revaluations||**(89,455)**|**(89,455)**|
|Cash movements||**32,103**|**32,103**|
|At31December 2022|**2**|**992,742**|**992,744**|
|**Net book value**||||
|At31December 2022|**2**|**992,742**|**992,744**|
|_At31December2021_|_2_|_828,878_|_828,880_|





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|The financial resultsofthe subsidiary fo|r the year were:||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Name**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Profit/(Loss)**|**Net assets**|
||£|£|**for the year**|£|
||||£||
|SouthofEngland Event Centre|**807,771**|**498,043**|**309,728**|**38,629**|
|Limited|||||



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||**Group**|_Group_|**Society**|_Society_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|
|Stock|**2,908**|_2,908_|**2,908**|_2,908_|





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||**2022**|_2021_|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|
|**Due within one year**|||||
|Trade debtors|**78,307**|_33,408_|**48,953**|_49,161_|
|Amounts owed by group undertakings|||**34,728**||
|Other debtors|**10,809**|_644_|**836**|_644_|
|Prepayments and accrued income|**74,730**|_76,537_|**74,633**|_70,497_|
||**163,846**|_110,589_|**159,150**|_120,302_|



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|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2022**|_2021_|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|
|Trade creditors|**161,656**|_105,240_|**159,707**|_107,861_|
|Amounts owed to group undertakings||||_51,080_|
|Other taxation and social security|**47,642**|_31,228_|**41,746**|_22,905_|
|Other creditors|**2,948**|2,727|**2,948**|_2,727_|
|Accruals and deferred income|**140,605**|_128,114_|**100,954**|_84,165_|
||**352,851**|_267,309_|**305,355**|_268,738_|
||**Group**|_Group_|**Society**|_Society_|
||**2022**|_2021_|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|
|Deferred income at 1 January 2022|**116,985**|_180,019_|**73,036**|_156,639_|
|Resources deferred during the year|**130,705**|_116,985_|**91,057**|_73,036_|
|Amounts released from previous periods|**(116,985)**|_(180,019)_|**(73,036)**|_(156,639)_|
||**130,705**|_116,985_|**91,057**|_73,036_|





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|17.|Statementoffunds|||||||
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||Statementoffunds-current|year||||||
||||||||Balanceat|
|||Balanceat1|||||31|
||||January|||Gains/|December|
||||2022|Income|Expenditure|(Losses)|2022|
||||£|£|£|£|£|
||Unrestrictedfunds|||||||
||General Fund|2,368,895||2,286,226|(1,955,383)|(72,756)|2,626,982|
||Endowmentfunds|||||||
||Endowment Fund||193,937||||193,937|
||Restrictedfunds|||||||
||The Abergavenny Educational|||||||
||Fund||113,676|||(24,878)|88,798|
||Totaloffunds||2,676,508|2,286,226|(1,955,383)|(97,634)|2,909,717|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||_Balance at_|
||_Balance at_|||||_31_|
||_1 January_|||_Transfers_|_Gains/_|_December_|
||_2021_|_Income_|_Expenditure_|_in/out_|_(Losses)_|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted**|||||||
|**funds**|||||||
|**Designated**|||||||
|**funds**|||||||
|Maintenance|||||||
|fund|_121,538_|||_(121,538)_|||
|**General funds**|||||||
|General Fund|_1,783,100_|_1,916,276_|_(1,519,952)_|_121,538_|_67,933_|_2,368,895_|
|**Total**|||||||
|**Unrestricted**|||||||
|**funds**|_1,904,638_|_1,916,276_|_(1,519,952)_||_67,933_|_2,368,895_|
|**Endowment**|||||||
|**funds**|||||||
|Endowment|||||||
|Fund|_193,937_|||||_193,937_|
|**Restricted**|||||||
|**funds**|||||||
|The|||||||
|Abergavenny|||||||
|Educational|||||||
|Fund|_104,600_||||_9,076_|_113,676_|
|**Totaloffunds**|_2,203,175_|_1,916,276_|_(1,519,952)_||_77,009_|_2,676,508_|





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||**Endowment**|**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total**|
||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|
||**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|
||£|£|£|£|
|Tangible fixed assets|193,937||1,637,730|**1,831,667**|
|Fixed asset investments||88,798|903,944|**992,742**|
|Current assets|||438,159|**438,159**|
|Creditors due within one year|||(352,851)|**(352,851)**|
|**Total**|193,937|88,798|2,626,982|**2,909,717**|



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||_Endowment_|_Restn'cted_|_Unrestricted_|_Total_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||_funds_|_funds_|_funds_|_funds_|
||_2021_|_2021_|_2021_|_2021_|
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|Tangible fixed assets|_193,937_||_1,601,388_|_1,795,325_|
|Fixed asset investments||_113,676_|_715,202_|_828,878_|
|Current assets|||_319,614_|_319,614_|
|Creditors due within one year|||_(267,309)_|_(267,309)_|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**2022**|_2021_|
||||£|£|
||Net income for the year (as per StatementofFinancial Activities)||**322,664**|_397,592_|
||**Adjustments for:**||||
||Depreciation charges||**125,630**|_99,191_|
||(Gains)/lossesoninvestments||**8,179**|_(1,268)_|
||Dividends, interests and rents from investments||**(13,884)**|_(8,389)_|
||Loss/(profit)onthe sale of fixed assets||**(6,206)**||
||Decreaseinstocks|||_4,923_|
||Increaseindebtors||**(53,254)**|_(25,648)_|
||(Decrease)/increaseincreditors||**85,541**|_(32,809)_|
||**Net cash providedbyoperating activities**||**468,670**|_433,592_|
|**20.**|**Analysisofcash and cash equivalents**||||
||||**Group**|_Group_|
||||**2022**|_2021_|
||||£|£|
||Cashinhand||**271,405**|_206,117_|
||**Total cash and cash equivalents**||**271,405**|_206,117_|
|21.|Analysisofchangesinnetdebt||||
|||At1||At31|
|||January||December|
|||2022|Cashflows|2022|
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||Cash at bank andinhand|206,117|65,288|271,405|
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||**2022**|_2021_|**2022**|_2021_|
||£|£|£|£|
|Not later than 1 year|**1,882**|_3,516_|**1,882**|_3,516_|
|Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years|**5,559**|_7,441_|**5,559**|_7,441_|
||**7,441**|_10,957_|**7,441**|_10,957_|



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