Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE SUFFOLK SHEEP SOCIETY

Advance and promote agriculture by improving Suffolk sheep. Promote research and improvement of Suffolk sheep and the publication of the results thereof.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/09/23£306£364£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£300£323£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21*£330£326£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£290£266£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£253£277£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£269£269£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£262£262£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£239£242£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£249£230£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£235£221£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£228£242£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£245£228£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11£268£221£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/10*£234£215£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/09£289£247£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/08£284£378£-94n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/07£284£351£-67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£315£343£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£288£319£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£281£229£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 62 years
(138 years as a company)

www.suffolksheep.org

enquiries@suffolksheep.org

028 2563 2342

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
GiG Classification
  • Animal welfare
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-68
  • ANDREW JOHN REED Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Farming
  • ANDREW WILLIAM EVANS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Farmer
  • DIANA LINDON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Farmer
  • ELIZABETH NEEDHAM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Farmer
  • IAIN ROBERT BARBOUR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Farmer
  • JANE SOULSBY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Key Account Manager
  • JOSEPH MARTIN STEWART Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • MERRICK JOHN RUSSELL PINNY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Farmer
  • MICHAEL JOHN WEAVER Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Farmer
  • MARK PRIESTLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Farmer
  • TREVOR DAVID MISKELLY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Veterinary Surgeon
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/10/1962, number: 211348
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/05/1886, number: 00022684
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 3 days late, AR10: 23 days late,
Main office

Unit 19
Ballymena business centre
62 Fenaghy Road
Ballymena
BT42 1FL

Objectives

3.1 The advancement of education for the benefit of the public of all ages through the provision of various educational programmes, training courses, classes, lectures, seminars and publications about the breeding, development and good husbandry of Suffolk sheep as a species in the United Kingdom and elsewhere;3.2 The advancement of heritage, culture and science through the promotion, encouragement and development of Suffolk sheep as a breed and their role within the agricultural community in the United Kingdom and elsewhere; and3.3 The advancement of animal welfare in relation to Suffolk sheep.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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