01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 19 February 1985
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 01872574
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £711,344
- Latest expenditure
- £702,916
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: THE SHOWGROUND, DUNSTABLE ROAD, REDBOURN, ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL3 7PT
Website recorded by the regulator: www.hertsshow.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To promote industry in general and in particular to promote rural industry and agriculture, and to such end generally to improve it in all its branches, to encourage skill and industry in it and in all trades, crafts, and professions connected with it. The most important financial commitment, at the present time, is the organisation hosting and delivery of the Hertfordshire County Show.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £711,344
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £702,916
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £662,063
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £693,222
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £639,787
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £648,621
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 August 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 August 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £622,717
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £622,307
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £129,616
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £297,176
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 27 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £711,344
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £702,916
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 175
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 14 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £662,063
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £693,222
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 170
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 22 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £639,787
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £648,621
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 175
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 30 August 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £622,717
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £622,307
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,782
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 150
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 11 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £129,616
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £297,176
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £59,994
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 80
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 27 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 64109
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 230669
- Income Charitable Activities
- 416340
- Income Investments
- 226
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 711344
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £319,049
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £383,867
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 702916
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 10421
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 329470
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 16814
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £208,410
- Assets Total Fixed
- 914640
- Assets Own Use
- 914639
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £128,332
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £126,989
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £915,983
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 126989
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £67,651
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 914983
- Funds Restricted
- 1000
- Funds Total
- 915983
- Count Employees
- 5
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 14 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 36511
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 213887
- Income Charitable Activities
- 411464
- Income Investments
- 201
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 662063
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £300,163
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £393,059
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 693222
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 7344
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 307507
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 13115
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £210,403
- Assets Total Fixed
- 925919
- Assets Own Use
- 925918
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £88,430
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £96,373
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £917,976
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 88039
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 8334
- Assets Cash
- £37,962
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 917976
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 917976
- Count Employees
- 5
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 22 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 55703
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 138295
- Income Charitable Activities
- 445474
- Income Investments
- 315
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 639787
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £286,511
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £362,110
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 648621
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 8565
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 295076
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 14615
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £248,906
- Assets Total Fixed
- 925950
- Assets Own Use
- 925949
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £136,411
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £105,882
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £956,479
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 87549
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 18333
- Assets Cash
- £51,067
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 956479
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 956479
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 30 August 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 56860
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 175858
- Income Charitable Activities
- 389701
- Income Investments
- 298
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 622717
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £304,273
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £318,034
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 622307
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 6480
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 304273
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 24546
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £266,305
- Assets Total Fixed
- 927714
- Assets Own Use
- 927714
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £159,186
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £113,022
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £973,878
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 84689
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 28333
- Assets Cash
- £74,510
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 973878
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 973878
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Hertfordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- HERTFORDSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1985-02-19T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 DECEMBER 1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 JAN 2018
- Charitable Objects
- TO PROMOTE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL; - TO PROMOTE RURAL INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE IN PARTICULAR AND TO SUCH END GENERALLY TO IMPROVE IT IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AND TO ENCOURAGE SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN IT AND IN ALL TRADES, CRAFTS AND PROFESSIONS CONNECTED WITH IT.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 74360
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- HERTS COUNTY SHOW
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries