LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
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Cash
£101k
+136% vs 2024
Net assets
£15m
-2.1% vs 2024
Employees
18
+5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£338k
-105.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY·Consumer Discretionary median
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LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY·Consumer Discretionary median
LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY·Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £2,563,853 | £2,501,586 | -2.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£164,484 | -£337,976 | -105.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£164,484 | -£337,976 | -105.5% | |
| Net profit | -£134,100 | -£326,508 | -143.5% | |
| Cash | £42,773 | £100,931 | +136% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,336,279 | £15,029,771 | -2% | |
| Net assets | £15,336,279 | £15,009,771 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | £15,336,279 | £15,009,771 | -2.1% | |
| Average employees | 17 | 18 | +5.9% | |
| Wages | £668,123 | £754,939 | +13% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.4% | -13.5% | |
| Net margin | -5.2% | -13.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.1% | -2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.2% | 2.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 2.33x | |
| Interest cover | -7.73x | -15.97x |
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
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Society has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY · parent
- Lincolnshire Showground Limited 100%
- Lincolnshire Energy Development Limited 100%
Significant events
- “This year, we celebrated our 140th Lincolnshire Show on 18 and 19 June 2025 in style, with a royal visit from HRH Princess Anne, TV celebrity Matt Baker MBE and Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch, among many other highlights across the two days.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 145 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWELL, Charlotte Christine | Secretary | 2024-12-09 | — | — |
| ATKINSON, Benjamin John | Director | 2024-02-01 | May 1971 | British |
| BEATTIE, Graeme | Director | 2018-01-15 | Jul 1955 | British |
| BUCKLEY, Andrew Laurance | Director | 2016-01-11 | Dec 1964 | British |
| DUCKWORTH, Benjamin James | Director | 2024-02-01 | May 1977 | British |
| HARRISON, Peter David | Director | 2025-02-18 | Jun 1964 | British |
| MATTHEWS, James | Director | 2023-02-02 | Jun 1963 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Stuart | Director | 2023-02-02 | Mar 1960 | British |
| NELSTROP, Robert Fletcher | Director | 2023-02-02 | Apr 1968 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2023-02-02 | Apr 1972 | British |
| POUCHER, Mark Andrew | Director | 2026-01-22 | Aug 1978 | British |
| WALLIS, David John | Director | 2018-01-15 | Dec 1961 | British |
Show 145 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARMER, Mark Elliot | Secretary | 2008-08-20 | 2011-10-21 |
| FRERE COOK, Simon Aubrey Cracroft | Secretary | 2002-10-14 | 2007-01-11 |
| HOUGHTON, Helen Lesley | Secretary | 2007-01-11 | 2008-08-20 |
| LACEY, Kathryn Mary | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 1999-05-21 |
| SKEHEL, Joseph Patrick | Secretary | — | 1998-12-31 |
| SOUTHALL, Jayne | Secretary | 2011-10-21 | 2022-11-30 |
| WOOLFSON, Emma Jane | Secretary | 1999-07-12 | 2002-10-14 |
| ALBONE, Dan Spilman | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| ALBONE, Edward James Dan | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| ALBONE, George Edward | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| BAKER, David Kenneth | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| BATLEY, Harold | Director | 1993-01-07 | 1996-02-23 |
| BATTLE, Robin Maxwell | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| BEEVER, James Stuart | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| BEMBRIDGE, Charles Lawrence | Director | — | 2002-06-11 |
| BEVAN, Richard Arthur | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| BICHAN, Hamish | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2016-01-11 |
| BIRD, Christopher Henry | Director | 1996-01-04 | 2000-01-06 |
| BLACKBURN, Paul Gilbert | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| BOTTOM, Nigel Robert | Director | 2015-01-19 | 2024-02-01 |
| BRANT, John Edward | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| BROGDEN, Frederick William Anthony | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| BROWN, Michael William Laming | Director | — | 2004-01-08 |
| BURKITT, John Kennard | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| BURTT, Dennis | Director | 1998-01-08 | 2002-08-22 |
| BURTT, Henry Stephen | Director | — | 2004-01-08 |
| CALLAGHAN, John Barrie | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| CARTER, Eric Stephen | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2005-01-13 |
| CLARK, Ian Mckinnon | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| COLLETT, Richard | Director | 2011-01-11 | 2016-01-11 |
| COLLETT, Richard Otley | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| COY, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 1994-01-06 | 2005-01-13 |
| CRACROFT ELEY, Bridget Katharine | Director | 1996-02-15 | 2005-01-13 |
| CRACROFT-ELEY, Robert Peel Charles | Director | — | 1996-02-22 |
| CREASEY, David John, Reverend | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2005-01-13 |
| DENNIS, Peter Kirton | Director | — | 1998-01-08 |
| DICKINSON, Michael Eric | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| DICKINSON, Robert Walter Macdonald | Director | — | 1996-02-05 |
| DYMOKE, Francis John Fane Marmion | Director | 2004-01-08 | 2005-01-13 |
| DYMOKE, John Lindley Marmion, Lt Col | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| ELKINGTON, John Robert | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2005-01-13 |
| ELWES, Jeremy Gervase Geoffrey Philip, Captain | Director | — | 2000-01-06 |
| EVE, Richard John Edward | Director | — | 1994-01-06 |
| FISHER, John Godfrey | Director | — | 1992-12-29 |
| FISHER, Richard Godfrey | Director | 1994-01-06 | 2000-01-06 |
| FOWLER, Ambrose Eric John | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2012-01-12 |
| FOWLER, Ambrose Eric John | Director | 1994-01-06 | 2005-01-13 |
| FRIER, Samuel | Director | — | 1996-09-29 |
| GILBERT, Keith Heap | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| GILBERT, Peter | Director | 1994-01-06 | 2005-01-13 |
| GODFREY, Janet | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2012-01-12 |
| GODFREY, Janet | Director | 2002-01-10 | 2005-01-13 |
| GODFREY, John Arthur Cadas | Director | 2011-01-06 | 2016-01-11 |
| GODSON, Christopher Michael | Director | 2004-01-08 | 2005-01-13 |
| GODSON, Michael George | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| GOOD, John Sherwood | Director | — | 2002-11-28 |
| GOOD, Philip Martin | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| GRANT, Matthew Alistair, Sir | Director | 1996-01-04 | 2001-01-22 |
| GRANTHAM, William Richard Bembridge | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2017-03-21 |
| GRANTHAM, William Richard Bembridge | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| GRATTON, Alan Ernest | Director | — | 1996-01-25 |
| GRIMES, Michael Joseph | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| HARDY, Robert Maynard | Director | 2001-01-06 | 2005-01-13 |
| HARRISON, Charles Frederick | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| HENSON, William Gordon | Director | — | 2008-05-08 |
| HILES, Jane | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2022-02-22 |
| HILES, Jane | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| HILL, Harold David | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| HILTON, Philip Bernard | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2005-01-13 |
| HOLLAND, William Patrick Dawson | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| HOOD, Charles Richard Sinclair | Director | — | 2011-01-11 |
| HOROBIN, Richard Thomas | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| HOWARD, Christopher Edward Newsum | Director | — | 2011-01-11 |
| HOWARD, Robert | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2021-02-25 |
| HUNTER, Charles Christopher Guy | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| INGLIS, Andrew Charles | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2005-01-13 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Hugh | Director | — | 1994-01-06 |
| JONES, Kenneth Scott | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| KELWAY, Timothy Sambrooke | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| KNIGHT, Robert James | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| LAWRENCE, Timothy, Hrh The Princess Royal / Mrs | Director | — | 2001-01-04 |
| LEADBETER, Eric Hugh | Director | — | 1996-09-12 |
| LEATHAM, Victoria, Lady | Director | 1991-01-10 | 2004-01-08 |
| LILL, John Anthony | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| LOCKWOOD, Arthur William | Director | — | 2003-01-09 |
| LOCKWOOD, John William | Director | 2008-05-08 | 2015-01-19 |
| LOCKWOOD, John William | Director | 1994-01-06 | 2008-01-10 |
| MATTHEWS, James | Director | 2023-02-02 | 2026-01-28 |
| MATTHEWS, James Charles Rixon | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| MILLIGAN-MANBY, James Charles Stewart Reynolds | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2005-01-13 |
| NEEDHAM, Richard Gilbert | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| NELSTROP, David John Leethem | Director | 1994-01-06 | 2005-01-13 |
| NELSTROP, Robert Bentley | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| NELTHORPE, Roger Sutton, Lieutenant Colonel | Director | — | 2000-05-04 |
| NEVILLE, Henry Nicholas, Sir | Director | — | 1996-10-20 |
| NEWTON, Alan | Director | — | 1997-01-09 |
| OVERTON, George Martin | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| PARKER, Richard William | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| PARKES, Jeanne | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| PARKINSON, Bryan | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| PEACOCK, Michael Allen | Director | 2004-01-08 | 2005-01-13 |
| PLAYNE, Nicholas George Whichcote | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| POUCHER, Martin | Director | 1996-01-04 | 2005-01-13 |
| PRICE, Andrew Harding | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2025-02-18 |
| PROCTOR, Julian Hickman | Director | 2001-01-06 | 2005-01-13 |
| RAINTHORPE, John Francis | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| RAMSAY, William Tumilty | Director | 1994-01-06 | 2005-01-13 |
| READ, Andrew Charles | Director | 2015-01-19 | 2026-01-16 |
| READ, Andrew Charles | Director | 1998-01-08 | 2005-01-13 |
| READ, George John Bayldon | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| READ, Ian George | Director | 1994-01-06 | 2004-01-08 |
| READ, Michael Hubert Bayldon | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| RICHARDSON, David Ian | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| RICHARDSON, Shirley Ann | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| ROBINSON, John Charles | Director | 2004-01-08 | 2005-01-13 |
| ROBSON, Alan John, Rev Canon | Director | 2003-01-09 | 2005-01-13 |
| ROTHERY, Christopher Charles | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2023-02-02 |
| ROUGHTON, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2000-01-06 | 2010-01-06 |
| ROWLES, John William | Director | — | 2001-01-06 |
| ROWLES NICHOLSON, Clifford Graham | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| RUSSON, Peter | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2005-01-13 |
| SMITH, Andrew Alan | Director | 2016-01-11 | 2017-05-15 |
| SMITH, Andrew Alan | Director | 1991-01-10 | 2005-01-13 |
| SMITH, Charles Herbert | Director | — | 1997-10-20 |
| STENNETT, Norman Alan | Director | 2004-01-08 | 2005-01-13 |
| STRAWSON, William Henry | Director | — | 2000-01-06 |
| TEMPLETON, Graham Alan | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2005-01-13 |
| THORLBY, Caroline Mary | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| TODD, David Thomas | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| VERGETTE, Peter | Director | 1995-01-05 | 2005-01-13 |
| VIGNE, Rodney Lancelot St Barbe | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| WALKINTON, James Edwin Guy | Director | — | 2004-01-08 |
| WALKINTON, Robert Hugh | Director | — | 2005-01-13 |
| WALLIS, David John | Director | 1990-12-10 | 2005-01-13 |
| WALTER, Ian Harrup | Director | — | 2019-01-07 |
| WARD, Andrew William | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2023-02-02 |
| WARD, Steve | Director | 2014-01-19 | 2023-02-02 |
| WARD-READ, Margie Elizabeth | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2005-01-13 |
| WATTS, Robert John | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| WHITTON, Simon Wenham | Director | 1997-01-09 | 2005-01-13 |
| WILLIAMS, William David Scriven | Director | 1991-01-10 | 2005-01-13 |
| WORSLEY, Charles John, The Earl Of Yarborough | Director | 1993-01-07 | 2005-01-13 |
| WORTH, Anthony James Longmore | Director | 1993-01-07 | 2005-01-13 |
| WYNN, Philip Graham | Director | 2000-01-06 | 2005-01-13 |
| YOUNG, Duncan John | Director | 1991-01-10 | 1994-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Laurance Buckley | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-02-22 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Harding Price | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-02-05 | Ceased 2025-02-18 |
| Mr Andrew Charles Read | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-16 |
| Ms Jayne Southall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
| Mrs Jane Hiles | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-22 |
| Mr Christopher Charles Rothery | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 257 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.