YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-30 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+0.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£35M

+2.1% vs 2023

Employees

106

+5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2024-12-31

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£12,176,896	£12,231,089
Operating profit	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—
Net profit	£971,824	£725,654
Cash	£2,019,233	£2,035,318
Total assets less current liabilities	£35,864,836	£35,431,484
Net assets	£34,454,050	£35,179,704
Equity	£34,454,050	£35,179,704
Average employees	101	106
Wages	£3,216,461	£3,530,884

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Net margin	8.0%	5.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	9.9%	8.2%
Current ratio	1.14x	1.02x

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: Azets Audit Services Ltd
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 and 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

YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY · parent
1. Yorkshire Event Centre Limited 100% · England and Wales · commercial operations carried on at the Great Yorkshire Showground
2. YAS (Enterprises) Limited 100% · England and Wales · commercial activities carried out during the Great Yorkshire Show

Significant events

“On 9 January 2025 the Upper Tribunal issued its decision in relation to the ongoing dispute between the Society and HMRC. The decision dismissed HMRC's appeal and, as HMRC have not sought leave to further appeal, the matter is now settled in the Society's favour.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

9 active · 91 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
NIXON, Allister Lance	Secretary	2022-05-12	—	—
COATES, Rachel	Director	2024-07-19	May 1965	British
COOPER, James Mawer	Director	2022-05-12	Feb 1962	British
GREEN, David Scrymgeour	Director	2024-05-20	Dec 1963	British
MOLYNEUX, Peter Charles	Director	2021-05-13	Feb 1968	British
NORTH, John Lawrence	Director	2022-05-12	Jun 1968	British
RUSBY, Richard William	Director	2021-05-13	Sep 1949	British
RUSSELL, Timothy Paul	Director	2024-05-15	Feb 1967	British
SMITH, Michael Robert	Director	2023-05-11	Jul 1971	British

Show 91 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BAKER, Paul Hartley	Secretary	1994-05-06	1995-09-30
BULMER, Roger Schofield	Secretary	1995-11-22	2000-12-19
KEIGWIN, Robin Timothy, Lt Col	Secretary	1992-09-01	1994-05-06
MIDCALF, Simon Jonathan	Secretary	2003-11-01	2005-01-18
PULLING, Nigel David	Secretary	2005-03-01	2022-05-12
PULLING, Nigel David	Secretary	2001-03-20	2003-04-02
YOUNG, Martin George Alan, Lieutenant Colonel	Secretary	—	1992-08-31
ABBEY, Frank Timothy	Director	1996-05-17	2006-05-12
ABBEY, Frank Kendall	Director	—	2000-05-24
ABRAHAMS, Michael David	Director	1994-06-09	2006-05-12
ABRAHAMS, Michael David	Director	—	1991-03-26
ALTON, William Anthony	Director	2002-05-08	2006-05-12
ALTON, William Anthony	Director	1996-05-17	1999-05-19
ATKINSON, Peter Stephen	Director	—	1998-05-27
BADGER, Michael John	Director	1994-03-23	1997-05-16
BARKER, John Christopher Leslie	Director	—	1992-03-06
BARKER, Mary-Jane	Director	1999-05-19	2002-05-08
BENNETT, Roger	Director	1997-04-01	2001-10-10
BOURNE-ARTON, Christopher William	Director	2003-07-10	2005-07-14
BOWLES, Dianna Joy, Professor	Director	2000-05-24	2006-05-12
BRENNAN, John James Edward	Director	1998-05-27	2012-07-01
BROMET, Charlotte Imogen Woollcombe	Director	2014-05-08	2017-05-11
BROMET, Charlotte	Director	1995-05-04	2013-05-09
BROWN, Christopher Bratten	Director	1999-10-12	2006-05-12
CALEY, William Leslie	Director	—	1997-05-16
CAYGILL, James	Director	1994-03-23	2006-05-12
CHADWICK, Henry Richard Andrew	Director	2021-05-13	2023-05-11
CHADWICK, Henry Richard Andrew	Director	1998-05-27	2006-05-12
CHALONER, Richard Thomas, Rt Hon The Lord Gisborough	Director	1999-07-15	2001-07-12
CLEGG, Ronald Anthony	Director	1994-06-09	1995-06-01
CLEGG, Ronald Anthony	Director	—	1994-03-23
COLEMAN, Arthur Christopher	Director	—	2000-05-24
COMPTON, Robert Edward John	Director	1995-05-04	1996-01-01
COOPER, James Mawer	Director	2001-05-23	2006-05-12
COPLEY, Robert	Director	2013-05-09	2025-05-15
COWLING, William Varvill	Director	—	2015-07-16
CRABTREE, John Steven Andrew	Director	2012-05-10	2021-05-13
CRYER, Samuel Frederick	Director	—	1991-07-17
DAWSON, Jeanette Elizabeth	Director	2003-12-02	2006-05-12
DENT, John Patrick	Director	—	1997-05-16
DEVONSHIRE, Duke Of	Director	1997-07-01	1999-07-15
FENWICKE CLENNELL, Geoffrey Thomas Warren	Director	1995-05-04	2000-07-13
FIRTH, Fred	Director	—	2006-05-12
FITZALAN HOWARD, Martin, Lord	Director	—	2002-05-08
FORBES ADAM, Charles David	Director	2013-05-09	2022-05-12
FORBES ADAM, Nigel Colin	Director	1993-03-11	2002-05-08
FOX, George Francis Lane	Director	—	2005-05-12
FREWEN, Robert Edward Jerome	Director	2002-05-08	2006-05-12
FURNESS, Colin Gerrard	Director	1999-05-19	2006-05-12
FURNESS, John Wilson	Director	1994-03-23	2006-05-12
GILLAM, Jack	Director	—	1998-05-27
GILLING, Lancelot Cyril Gilbert	Director	—	2000-05-24
GRACE, Julia Faith	Director	2005-05-12	2006-05-12
GRANGE, Richard, Councillor	Director	1995-11-10	2006-05-12
GREEN, John Michael	Director	—	2006-05-12
GUTHRIE, Peter Alan Dermot	Director	—	2001-05-23
HALL, Henry Christopher Schofield	Director	1998-07-16	2005-07-14
HENDERSON, William John	Director	2001-07-12	2006-05-12
HOLMES, David	Director	1991-05-21	1994-03-23
HOOD, Eileen	Director	—	2005-05-12
HOTHAM, Henry Durand Baron, Lord	Director	2004-07-15	2006-05-12
HOWARD-VYSE, Richard Edward	Director	—	2009-11-15
HOWIE, David Anthony	Director	—	1991-03-26
HUGILL, John David	Director	2005-05-12	2006-05-12
INGILBY, Emma Clare Roebuck, Lady	Director	1993-03-23	2006-05-12
INGILBY, Thomas Colvin William, Sir	Director	—	1993-01-21
JACKSON, Edward Wiliam	Director	—	2006-05-12
KERR, Geoff	Director	1998-05-27	2003-08-31
LANE FOX, George Charles Nicholas	Director	2005-05-12	2006-05-12
LANE-FOX, George Charles Nicholas	Director	2010-07-01	2020-05-13
LEE, Donald Lewis	Director	1996-12-16	2006-05-12
LITTLEBOY, Charles Kevin Irving	Director	—	2006-05-12
MACDONALD OF SLEAT, Ian Godfrey Bosville, Sir	Director	—	1991-03-26
MARRIOTT, Richard	Director	1995-05-04	1996-07-11
MIDDLETON, Digby Michael Godfrey John, Baron	Director	—	1995-05-04
MILLS, Charles Edwin	Director	2012-06-28	2024-07-19
MILLS, Charles Edwin	Director	2002-05-08	2006-05-12
MOULD, Thomas Arthur, Councillor	Director	1991-11-06	1999-05-06
NELSON, Henry Roy George, Lord	Director	1997-05-16	2006-05-12
NELSON, Thomas John	Director	—	1991-06-29
NICHOL, Norman John, Councillor	Director	1991-07-17	1995-05-04
OAKLEY, Michael Dudley	Director	1991-03-26	1994-03-23
PETCH, Howard Wesley	Director	—	1997-09-15
POLLARD, Michael David	Director	—	1996-08-01
REES, Gareth, Professor	Director	2002-05-27	2006-05-12
ROPNER, Jonathan Gray	Director	1995-11-23	1997-07-10
RUSSELL, John Howard	Director	—	2006-05-12
RUSSELL, Timothy Paul	Director	2015-05-07	2023-05-11
SMITH, Peter Allan	Director	—	2006-05-12
STODDART-SCOTT, John David Malcolm	Director	—	2012-05-10
STURDY, Robert William	Director	—	1996-05-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 289 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-01-26	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-03-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-11-22	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-10-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-10-11	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-04-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-01-08	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-05-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-05-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-05-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-03-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-03-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-05-18	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-05-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-05-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-05-18	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+0.4%

£12,176,896 £12,231,089
Cash

+0.8%

£2,019,233 £2,035,318
Net assets

+2.1%

£34,454,050 £35,179,704
Employees

+5%

101 106
Wages

+9.8%

£3,216,461 £3,530,884

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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