ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-08 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-01-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-25.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£8M

+7.7% vs 2023

Employees

+5.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£542K

+1,385% vs 2023

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

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

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£3,036,413	£4,012,220
Operating profit	£36,511	£542,171
Profit before tax	£36,511	£542,171
Net profit	£71,305	£534,426
Cash	£1,795,980	£1,339,811
Total assets less current liabilities	£7,294,193	£7,722,419
Net assets	£6,965,857	£7,500,283
Equity	£6,965,857	£7,500,283
Average employees	19	20
Wages	£555,765	£686,505

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
Operating margin	1.2%	13.5%
Net margin	2.3%	13.3%
Return on capital employed	0.5%	7.0%
Current ratio	4.52x	2.19x
Interest cover	1.15x	20.76x

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
“The Trustees have considered the level of funds held at the year end. The Trustees have also considered the forecast income and expenditure to twelve months from the signing date is sufficient with the level of reserves for the RNAA to be able to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

ROYAL NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION · parent
1. Norfolk Showground Limited 100% · England and Wales · Events and rental
2. Norfolk Showground Developments Limited 100% · England and Wales · Property development partner
3. Norfolk Food Hall Limited 100% · England and Wales · Retail sale of food

Significant events

“The 2024 Royal Norfolk Show was held over 26-27 June and provided a successful showcase for the industry, and wider county.”
“The introduction of the STEMM Village alongside the highly regarded Discovery Zone and collocated with the Ag Demonstration area has created an inspiring array of interactive and thought-provoking exhibits.”
“A project to extend and refurbish the Norfolk Events Centre was completed in February 2024. The extension provides for ancillary accommodation including kitchen facilities, bar space, breakout rooms, storage space, improved external lighting, and PV solar power generation.”
“A programme to modernise our public toilet blocks continued in 2024.”
“The principal activity undertaken in support of the strategy was to begin the build of the Norfolk Food Hall.”
“After the reporting date, additional grant income of £240,000 has been secured from Norfolk County Council to support the development of the Norfolk Food Hall. The Charity also agreed to a commercial borrowing agreement with its lender.”

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 242 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-14	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-07-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-15	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-02-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-01-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-19	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-05-28	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-05-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-02-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-02-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-02-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-02-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-07-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-07-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-05-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-01-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-05-16	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
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

+32.1%

£3,036,413 £4,012,220
Cash

-25.4%

£1,795,980 £1,339,811
Net assets

+7.7%

£6,965,857 £7,500,283
Employees

+5.3%

19 20
Operating profit

+1,385%

£36,511 £542,171
Profit before tax

+1,385%

£36,511 £542,171
Wages

+23.5%

£555,765 £686,505

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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