Newbury & District Agricultural Society

Registered charity 1003898 · since 1991newburyshowground.co.uk·Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Newbury & District Agricultural Society has published no application process, and its annual report gives no grants figure or grant range, so there is no stated size for a request.
The register records no grants to institutions for the latest year it reports, which suggests the Society mainly runs its own programmes rather than passing money on to other groups.
A small group whose work touches farming, horticulture, forestry, rural crafts or countryside education could still make a short enquiry first to ask whether the Society funds outside projects at all, since its own education programme, which it provides free to schools, is the likeliest point of connection.
The contact it shows is the only route given, so a formal application is not the sensible first step.
Nothing the Society publishes sets out who should not apply, and nothing it publishes says how competitive or relationship-led its giving is.

Overview

Newbury & District Agricultural Society is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1003898).

Newbury & District Agricultural Society was formed to organise the county show. It exists to promote, advance and improve agriculture, horticulture, forestry and rural crafts and skills for the public benefit, and to educate the public in the need to preserve the countryside and wildlife. Its events and programmes run through the year, including the NADAS educational programme, an annual ploughing match and on-farm competitions. It is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales with a stated area of operation of West Berkshire, Reading, Slough, Oxfordshire and Hampshire.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Society’s charitable work promotes and supports British agriculture, horticulture, forestry and rural crafts, while educating the public about preserving the countryside and wildlife. Its education programme brings food, farming and countryside learning to schools across Berkshire, South Oxfordshire, East Wiltshire and North Hampshire. It offers hands-on workshops and seasonal activities tailored to schools, and provides the programme free of charge to them. The Society also describes its annual ploughing match and on-farm competitions as part of the programmes run throughout the year. Its stated educational aim is to engage, educate and entertain children in the countryside, increasing their understanding of British farming, food production and home-grown produce.

Themes

Agriculture
Horticulture
Forestry
Rural crafts
Countryside conservation
Agricultural education

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£216,166	£410,569	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£343,892	£247,300	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£307,611	£248,531	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,047,225	£910,780	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£900,202	£886,220	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

— 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.