Kent County Agricultural Society

Registered charity 1001191 · since 1990kcas.org.uk·Kent, United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. Don't spend time on an approach; the similar funders below support the same kind of work.

Key takeaways

This funder fits work in agriculture, horticulture, equine, veterinary and animal management, environment and conservation, and agricultural education in Kent.
Its grants go to Kent Young Farmers' Clubs and Kent-based further-education colleges focused on land-based studies, and its scholarship to students on full-time college or university degree courses in those subjects.
Organisations outside those groups should not apply for YFC Grants, and the scholarship excludes students who do not live in Kent when they apply, who are not aged 18 to 25 when they start, who are on courses other than full-time degree-based courses, or who study outside the UK.
Its only stated amount is the £1,000 scholarship, and the annual report gave no usable grants total or grant range, so any request should be modest and clearly costed.
The listing says the Society is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so contact it first, and note that Scholarship Scheme applications reopen in May.

Overview

Kent County Agricultural Society is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1001191).

The Kent County Agricultural Society is a charity that exists for the improvement of agriculture, forestry, horticulture, allied industries, rural crafts and the breeding of livestock. Its programmes include educational work with awards, grants and bursaries, among them grants to Kent Young Farmers' Clubs for services and materials vital to running the clubs. Its scholarship is £1000 a year for up to three students studying for their degree, and the scheme has supported 28 students in its ten years.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Society supports agriculture and the rural economy in Kent through education, awards and practical help. Its organisational grants support young farmers’ clubs and Kent-based further-education colleges focused on land-based studies, including services and materials vital to running clubs. It also provides awards, funding and bursaries to students taking courses aligned with its objects; its scholarship scheme supports students studying land-based subjects, including agriculture, horticulture, equine, veterinary and animal management, and environment and conservation. Its charitable objectives encompass improving agriculture, forestry and horticulture, allied industries, rural crafts and livestock breeding, and encouraging agricultural and horticultural education, research and experimental work. Its work combines grants with educational activity and raising public awareness of farming in Kent.

Themes

Agriculture
Horticulture
Equine studies
Veterinary and animal management
Environment and conservation
Agricultural education
Young farmers

Geographic Focus

Kent; the UK.

What they don't fund

YFC Grants only: Applicants other than Kent Young Farmers’ Clubs and Kent based further education colleges focusing on land based studies
Scholarship Scheme only:
- Students who are not residents of Kent at the time they apply for the scholarship
- Students who are not aged 18 to 25 when they commence study on the course
- Courses other than full-time college or university degree based courses in agriculture, horticulture, equine, veterinary and animal management, or environment and conservation
- Applications outside the curriculum areas mentioned above
- Courses studied outside the UK
- Applications for international colleges or universities

How to apply

For YFC Grants, applications are considered from Kent Young Farmers’ Clubs and Kent-based further-education colleges focusing on land-based studies.

Application windows:

Scholarship Scheme: Applications reopen in May.

Who can apply:

YFC Grants: Applications will be considered from Kent Young Farmers’ Clubs and Kent based further education colleges focusing on land based studies.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom
Kent

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Kent County Agricultural Society.

South of England Agricultural SocietyFixed deadlinesGave £11,000 Kent Archaeological SocietyRolling The Royal Bath & West SocietyFixed deadlines Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural SocietyNo public processGave £5,000 Burwarton & District Agricultural SocietyFixed deadlinesGave £3,479 Three Counties Agricultural SocietyNo public processGave £49,300 The Royal Agricultural Society of EnglandNo public process Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural SocietyNo public process Newbury & District Agricultural SocietyNo public process Dorchester Agricultural SocietyRollingGave £3,420

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 September 2021	£1,089,482	£1,083,257	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2021
year to 30 September 2022	£2,154,818	£2,060,847	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2022
year to 30 September 2023	£2,579,179	£2,526,886	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2023
year to 30 September 2024	£2,449,207	£2,639,166	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2024
year to 30 September 2025	£2,711,085	£2,664,798	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.