ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
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Cash
£316K
-76.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.4M
-1.2% vs 2024
Employees
59
+195% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£133K
-124.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,036,413 | £3,178,994 | £5,125,395 | +61.2% | |
| Operating profit | £36,511 | £544,632 | -£71,891 | -113.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £36,511 | £542,171 | -£133,279 | -124.6% | |
| Net profit | £71,305 | £542,171 | -£133,279 | -124.6% | |
| Cash | £1,795,980 | £1,339,811 | £315,670 | -76.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,294,193 | £7,722,419 | £7,973,306 | +3.2% | |
| Net assets | £6,965,857 | £7,500,283 | £7,411,310 | -1.2% | |
| Equity | £6,965,857 | £7,500,283 | £7,411,310 | -1.2% | |
| Average employees | 19 | 20 | 59 | +195% | |
| Wages | £555,765 | £686,505 | £1,371,071 | +99.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £293,361 | £306,227 | +4.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 17.1% | -1.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 17.1% | -2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | 7.1% | -0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 12.5% | 26.8% | |
| Current ratio | 4.52x | 2.19x | 0.51x | |
| Interest cover | 1.15x | 20.85x | -0.84x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MA Partners Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION · parent
- Norfolk Showground Limited 100%
- Norfolk Showground Developments Limited 100%
- Norfolk Food Hall Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Norfolk Food Hall opened for trading as planned on 22 May 2025.”
- “The RNAA has been able to award over £200,000 of funding for development activities and grants, bursaries and scholarships.”
- “The £3m project (Norfolk Food Hall) was completed on time and within budget expectations and provides a facility for use all-year round.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 84 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETTS, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| ALSTON, Robert Collison | Director | 2016-04-21 | Sep 1973 | British |
| CLARKE, Jonathan Howard, Dr | Director | 2021-09-23 | May 1963 | British |
| HARROWVEN, Michael Alfred | Director | 2025-01-02 | Jul 1958 | British |
| HICKLING, Simon James | Director | 2020-09-24 | Jun 1971 | British |
| HILL, Laurie Angus James Paterson | Director | 2023-04-20 | Sep 1991 | British |
| NIX, Christopher Hugh | Director | 2025-07-10 | Oct 1960 | British |
| NORTON, Emily Marianna | Director | 2023-04-20 | Jan 1979 | British |
| RICHARDS, Catherine Mary, Dr | Director | 2021-09-23 | Jun 1971 | British |
| SPINKS, Andrew James | Director | 2022-04-21 | Apr 1987 | British |
Show 84 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKERS, Diana Merle | Secretary | — | 2000-05-22 |
| PURLING, John Gordon | Secretary | 2000-11-09 | 2012-08-24 |
| REED, Paul Martin | Secretary | 2012-08-24 | 2015-11-13 |
| SMITH, Gregory Stephen | Secretary | 2015-11-12 | 2020-12-31 |
| ABEL, Anthony Noel | Director | 1999-01-14 | 2002-01-17 |
| ABEL, Anthony Noel | Director | 1995-01-12 | 1998-01-15 |
| ABEL, Anthony Noel | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1994-01-13 |
| ALEXANDER, Malcolm Fitzgerald | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| ALLHUSEN, Christian Henry | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2001-01-11 |
| ALSTON, Alan Lang | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2002-01-17 |
| ALSTON, Gavin Moffat | Director | — | 1995-01-12 |
| ANDREWS, John Edward | Director | — | 1998-01-15 |
| BACON, Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby, Sir | Director | 2002-01-17 | 2019-04-18 |
| BARNES, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2017-04-27 |
| BAUGH, Louis Edward | Director | 2006-01-12 | 2015-04-16 |
| BAUGH, Louis Edward | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2001-01-11 |
| BEAZLEY, Roland Michael | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2022-04-21 |
| BEAZLEY, Roland Michael | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2002-01-17 |
| BINGHAM, John, Doctor | Director | 1992-01-09 | 1996-01-11 |
| BOWLES, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2014-04-24 |
| BRIGHAM, William John | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2001-01-11 |
| BRIGHAM, William John | Director | 1992-01-09 | 1995-01-12 |
| BROOM, Francesca Lois | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2021-09-23 |
| BROUGHTON, Richard Cooper | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1994-01-13 |
| CANE, Timothy Peter Swithin | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| CARRICK, John Filmer | Director | — | 2002-01-17 |
| CATOR, Henry Greville | Director | — | 2008-01-17 |
| CLARKE, Belinda Rosanna, Dr | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2021-09-23 |
| COKE, Edward Douglas, Rt Hon | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2001-01-11 |
| COLMAN, Timothy James Alan, Sir | Director | — | 1997-01-09 |
| DANIELS, Simon George, Mr. | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1995-01-12 |
| DULIEU, Nicola Joy | Director | 2020-09-24 | 2024-01-09 |
| FULLER, Malcolm Howard | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2000-01-13 |
| FULLER, Malcolm Howard | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1996-01-11 |
| GAMBLE, Michael John Whatmoor | Director | 1998-01-15 | 2001-01-11 |
| GAZE, Benjamin Alan Cubitt | Director | 1994-01-13 | 2002-01-17 |
| GELDER, Alan Leslie | Director | 1998-01-15 | 2000-01-13 |
| GENT, Anthony Edward | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| GORDON, John Anthony | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2002-01-17 |
| GRIFFITHS, Steffan Daniel Anderson | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2020-09-24 |
| GURNEY, David Quintin | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2000-01-13 |
| HILL, David John Mcleavy | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2018-04-19 |
| HOWLETT, Stephen Robert Webster | Director | 2006-01-12 | 2012-04-19 |
| HOWLETT, Stephen Robert Webster | Director | 1995-01-12 | 2002-01-17 |
| HOWLETT, Stephen Robert Webster | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1994-01-13 |
| LEWIS, Christopher David Mansel | Director | 1998-01-15 | 2001-01-11 |
| LEWIS, Christopher David Mansel | Director | 1994-01-13 | 1997-01-09 |
| LEWIS, Christopher David Mansel | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| LOCKHART, Luke Robert | Director | 2019-07-25 | 2025-07-10 |
| LONG, Kerry Elizabeth | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1996-01-11 |
| MACFARLANE, Simon Warren | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2009-01-15 |
| MACFARLANE, Simon Warren | Director | 1996-01-11 | 1999-01-14 |
| MACGREGOR, John Roddick Russell, Rt Hon | Director | 2006-07-24 | 2010-01-14 |
| MCCLEAN, Simon Peregrine | Director | 1996-01-11 | 1998-01-15 |
| MEEN, Trevor Frederick | Director | — | 2002-01-17 |
| MOLINEUX, William Pemberton | Director | — | 1996-01-11 |
| MORE, Robert John | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2019-07-11 |
| MORE, Robert John | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2000-01-13 |
| NIX, Christopher Hugh | Director | 1998-01-15 | 2002-01-17 |
| ORGAN, David John | Director | — | 2000-01-13 |
| PAPWORTH, Peter David | Director | — | 2006-01-12 |
| PILCHER, Grant Stanley | Director | 2010-01-14 | 2023-04-20 |
| PLEDGER, Andrew Allen | Director | 1992-01-09 | 1996-01-11 |
| RICHARDSON, David Robert | Director | — | 2002-01-17 |
| RILEY, Reginald | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| ROBSON, Angela Shireen | Director | 2009-01-15 | 2016-04-21 |
| ROUT, Peter Jonathan | Director | — | 2006-01-12 |
| SAVORY, Charles Edward | Director | 2018-04-19 | 2024-04-18 |
| SCOTT, Catherine Susanne Judith | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2023-04-20 |
| SCOTT, Jill Audrey | Director | 1994-01-13 | 2005-01-20 |
| SCOTT, Jill Audrey | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| SEAMAN, Peter John George | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2002-01-17 |
| STEGGLES, James Robert Hamish | Director | 1994-01-13 | 1997-01-09 |
| STEGGLES, James Robert Hamish | Director | — | 1993-01-14 |
| STIMPSON, Myles Vernon Bland | Director | — | 1994-02-02 |
| STOCKER, Colin John | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2002-01-17 |
| SUTTON, David | Director | 1999-01-14 | 2002-01-17 |
| TANN, Peter James | Director | — | 1999-01-14 |
| TAYLOR, Julian Richard Lombe | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2002-01-17 |
| TUCK, Rodney Sant | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1994-01-13 |
| TURNER, Benjamin Burgess | Director | 2005-01-20 | 2011-01-13 |
| TURNER, Benjamin Burgess | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2002-01-17 |
| WATERS, Charles John | Director | — | 1998-01-15 |
| YOUNG, Peter Douglas | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2011-01-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.