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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

WIGTOWN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 31/10/18 31/10/19 31/10/20 31/10/21 30/09/22 30/09/23
Total income £72,413 £69,755 £20,381 £12,569 £78,785 £76,381
Total spending £62,017 £63,651 £16,887 £13,201 £68,397 £69,773
Surplus/deficit £10,396 £6,104 £3,494 -£632 £10,388 £6,608
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Established: 52 years

www.wigtownshow.org

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
Purposes
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of public participation in sport
  • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the advancement of animal welfare
Where it operates
  • Dumfries And Galloway
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (13)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 31-54
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 20/04/1972, number: SC014308
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/12/2010, number: SC390698
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, DG8 7EN

Objectives

To advance citizenship and community development within Dumfries and Galloway and to provide recreational facilities all by the holding of an annual agricultural show in Wigtown, and to advance heritage and culture by educating the public in the local history and traditions of cattle breeding and animal husbandry unique to the area.

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