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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL CHARITY
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£947£883£65£692£6,863£4325.960
31/12/22£504£585£-81£433£6,799£6,641136.130
31/12/21£363£321£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20*£623£372£251£293£6,249£6,098196.720
31/12/19*£109£357£-248n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£273£348£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£363£357£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£641£282£359£0£1,501£1,40659.810
31/12/14£1,332£929£403£914£1,142£1,05013.600
31/12/13£1,985£1,110£875£1,082£1,009£9231070
31/12/12*£5,325£5,726£-401£5,353£626£5341.1520
31/12/11£5,749£5,785£-36£5,251£1,547£1,4012.9580
31/12/10£7,740£12,672£-4,932£5,940£2,679£2,5012.4670
31/12/09£8,682£9,563£-881£7,560£7,843£5,2686.6860
31/12/08£11,097£10,534£563£6,626£8,660£5,5326.3970
31/12/07£5,481£6,288£-807£6,422£9,677£5,85311.21050
31/12/06£3,171£3,709£-538n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£3,764£4,650£-886n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£5,008£6,006£-998n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 219.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 78.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 78%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 6%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 22 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years

www.rase.org.uk

emilys@rase.org.uk

02476692470

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Royal Agricultural Society of England
£20,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Royal Agricultural Society of England
£224,412 15/12/2022
Towards project costs to turn the recommendations in the Farm of the Future report into practical actions in support of nature-friendly farming
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£45,000 22/10/2021
24
Protection of Agricultural Societies and small charities with the sector
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£45,000 02/10/2020
24
Protection of Agricultural Societies and small charities with the sector

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • DR HOSEIN KHAJEH-HOSSEINY Appointed: 2024
  • DR JOANNA PRICE Appointed: 2018
  • JULIE MARION BUTLER Appointed: 2018
  • MICHAEL FIDDES Appointed: 2018
  • MR NICK TAPP FRAGS Appointed: 2016
  • PAUL JAMES WESTAWAY Appointed: 2023 Occupation: English Farmer
  • PHILIP GREADY (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • ROBERT NICHOLAS FOORD DREWETT Appointed: 2023
Robert is a Partner in Womble Bond Dickinson Solicitors and specialises in property law. He is also Trustee of a number of diverse charities, including the Royal Bath & West of England Society (of which he is Chairman), Innovation for Agriculture, the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, and the Langford Trust for Animal Health and....more
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/04/1963, number: 209961
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000442
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 85 days late, AR19: 2 days late, AR12: 214 days late,
Main office

RASE Centre
Stoneleigh Park
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 2LZ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, HORTICULTURE, KINDRED ACTIVITIES AND THE HUSBANDRY OF LIVESTOCK (INCLUDING HORSES) AND LAND AND TO PROMOTE THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED METHODS AND PROCESSES CONNECTED THEREWITH BY DEMONSTRATION AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS. TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK BY MAINTAINING AND CONDUCING A LEARNED SOCIETY AND BY PUBLICATIONS, GRANTS AND OTHER MEANS. TO ADVANCE RELIGION BY THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES AND VALUES AMONGST RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SUCH WAS AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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