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Cash

£1.3m

+33.8% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£4m

+8% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

15

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£295k

+84% highest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric Trend 2023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30 Δ vs prior
Total income £2,642,999£2,887,357£2,979,185 +3.2%
Operating profit £103,890-£47,098— —
Profit before tax £237,453£160,536£295,404 +84%
Net profit £237,453£160,536£295,404 +84%
Cash £1,265,917£995,190£1,331,628 +33.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £4,023,365£3,831,907£4,027,311 +5.1%
Net assets £3,554,704£3,715,240£4,010,644 +8%
Equity £3,554,704£3,715,240£4,010,644 +8%
Average employees 161515 0%
Wages £467,773£484,006£425,393 -12.1%
Directors' remuneration £0£0£0 —
Directors' pension contributions —£0£0 —
Highest paid director —£0£0 —

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 2023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30
Operating margin 3.9%-1.6%—
Net margin 9.0%5.6%9.9%
Return on capital employed 2.6%-1.2%—
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 19.1%12.8%12.2%
Current ratio 3.71x2.93x2.83x
Interest cover 3.59x-2.79x—

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
Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“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's or the parent 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

  1. DEVON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION · parent
    1. Westpoint Centre (Devon) Limited 100% · UK · Manages the Westpoint Exhibition Centre

Significant events

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

People

8 active · 231 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ROCKEY, Nicholas Andrew Secretary 2024-04-15 — —
GRAY, Andrew John Director 2010-07-19 Dec 1965 British
HEAVEN-ROBERTS, Claire Louise Director 2018-03-23 Mar 1969 British
SQUIRES, Melanie Grace Director 2026-01-30 Feb 1975 British
STEVENS, Stewart Thomas Richard Director 1995-07-01 Nov 1950 British
STUDHOLME, Henry William, Sir Director 2017-02-20 Jan 1958 English
TOWNSEND, Michael Victor Director 2025-07-21 Oct 1957 British
WEEKES, Mark Joseph Director 2009-01-22 Apr 1965 British
Show 231 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COSGROVE, Jacqueline Secretary 2024-01-22 2024-04-15
CULLEN, Christopher Lawrence Secretary — 1995-06-19
HOSKING, Mervyn Kenneth Secretary 2000-05-31 2004-05-28
HOSKING, Mervyn Kenneth Secretary 2000-05-31 2012-05-23
MAUNDER, Richard Lloyd Secretary 2012-05-23 2022-01-31
SANDFORD, Wilfrid John Secretary 1995-08-21 2000-05-31
SKELTON, Christopher John Secretary 2022-01-31 2024-01-22
ACLAND, Peter Bevil Edward, Brigadier Director — 1991-07-30
ALFORD, Jerry Director 2018-03-23 2024-02-07
ANSELL, Charles Arthur Director — 1997-01-20
BANFIELD, Lewis John Director 2015-01-23 2024-02-07
BARCLAY, George Carey Director — 1995-07-10
BARKER, Leonard Herbert Director — 1992-10-26
BASSETT, David Director — 1999-01-18
BATTING, Michael Herbert Director — 2024-02-07
BELL, Dennis William Director — 2001-01-20
BOLES, Jeremy John Fortescue, Sir Director 2006-01-24 2014-02-20
BOLES, Jeremy John Fortescue, Sir Director — 2005-07-18
BRASIER, John Albert Sydney Director 1998-01-19 2019-09-25
BROAD, Jacqueline Director 2011-01-21 2016-03-14
BROCKMAN, Peter William Sheppard Campbell Director 1997-07-14 2021-10-30
BROOKMAN, Sir Ronald, Vice Admiral Director — 1996-02-27
BROOKS, Timothy Director — 2000-11-03
BROOM, Philip John Director 2006-01-24 2022-12-09
BROOM, Tom Elworthy Director — 2016-08-01
BURRINGTON, Nicholas John Director 2013-01-25 2023-02-06
BURRINGTON, Nicholas John Director 2008-01-24 2009-07-13
BURRINGTON, Nicholas John Director 1996-01-22 2004-05-28
BURRINGTON, Reginald John Director — 1997-05-12
BUSH, Geoffrey Hubert Director 2001-04-02 2024-02-07
CAMPBELL, Desmond Moger Director — 2004-01-20
CAMPBELL-LAMERTON, Clare Director 2023-02-06 2024-02-07
CARR, Robert John Director — 2008-12-08
CARTER, John William Director — 2004-05-28
CAVE, Carey, Lady Director 2019-02-01 2024-02-07
CAVE, John Charles, Sir Director 2010-01-22 2019-03-06
CAVE, John Charles, Sir Director — 2010-01-22
CHERITON, Graham Timothy Mark Director 2003-01-27 2024-02-07
CLINTON, Gerard Nevile Mark, Lord Director — 2015-04-23
COATES, Paul Director 2015-01-23 2019-03-25
COLEY, Richard William Bovingdon Director — 2024-02-07
COLLINGS, Christopher Vosper Director — 1992-02-26
COLLINGS, Garfield Lee Director — 1997-01-20
COOK, Albert Edwin Director — 2020-01-28
CORKERY, Terence Rex, Major Director — 2003-12-09
CRANG, Andrew Henry Director — 1999-01-25
CREBER, George Ernest Hillyer Director — 1996-08-23
CUMMINGS, Ian Richard Director — 1998-02-02
CUMMINGS, John Richard Director 2006-07-18 2024-02-07
CUSTANCE BAKER, Deborah Director 2004-04-02 2025-06-25
D'ERLANGER, Mary Elizabeth Josephine, The Hon Mrs Director 2003-01-27 2021-12-14
DARKE, David Director 2011-01-21 2024-02-07
DARKE, Edward Alfred Director — 2024-02-07
DARKE, Richard William Director — 1998-10-09
DARKE, Richard David Shinner Director — 2006-07-17
DART, Henry George Director — 2024-02-07
DAVEY, Nicholas Charles Director 2010-07-19 2014-12-08
DAW, Marilyn Ellen Director 2023-02-06 2024-02-07
DAW, William John Director 2000-01-17 2020-01-28
DAY, Simon James, Sir Director — 2024-01-12
DRACUP, John Robinson Director — 2003-08-11
DRAKE, Brian Director — 2024-02-07
DUNNING, Peter Director — 2020-01-28
DYMOND, Michael James Director 2013-01-25 2024-02-07
EARL OF MORLEY, The Rt Hon Director — 2003-04-09
EASTERBROOK, Susan Anne Director 1992-01-20 1994-06-13
ELLIS, Roger Edward Director 2004-07-19 2024-02-07
ENDACOTT, Peter Joseph Director 2014-01-24 2019-09-25
EVANS, Hugh Lancelot Director — 1994-01-24
FANE TREFUSIS, Charles Patrick Rolle, The Honourable Director 2017-02-20 2024-02-07
FLINN, Janet Mary Director 2006-01-22 2024-02-07
FLOREY, Malcolm Director — 2003-09-30
FORCE, Peter Frank John Director 1996-01-22 2024-02-07
FORREST, Ronald Stephen, Rear Admiral Sir Director — 2005-03-25
FORTESCUE, Lady Margaret Director — 1999-01-18
FOSTER, Hannah Margaret Director 2010-07-19 2015-04-23
FRENCH, Carol Director 2019-02-01 2024-02-07
FRENCH, Thomas Michael John Director — 2008-10-03
FRIEND, Ernest Wreford Director — 2003-05-27
FROST, Richard Director — 2005-09-23
FURSDON, David Edward Director 2017-02-20 2024-02-07
GENET, David John Neville Director 1995-01-16 1996-09-09
GILBERT, Nicholas Godfrey Director — 2024-02-07
GLANVILL, Alfred Terry Heath, Doctor Director — 1996-09-09
GOODMAN, Mark Director — 2012-08-06
GRANGER, Hermon Director — 1991-09-30
GREED, Philip Richard Director — 2011-07-18
GULLEY, Mark James Director 2013-01-25 2015-05-28
GUNDRY, Vyvian Frances Director 2006-01-24 2024-02-07
GUNDRY, Vyvian Frances Director — 2005-07-18
HADDY, John Arthur Director 2000-07-24 2024-02-07
HAMLIN, Terence Director — 1992-02-26
HAMMETT, Sarah Michele Director 2013-01-25 2024-02-07
HAMMETT, Thomas Leslie Director — 2024-02-07
HARDCASTLE, Ian Francis Director — 1992-12-14
HARLEY, Robert Michael Director — 1995-12-31
HARVEY, Richard Roger Burnell Director 1997-01-20 2022-09-21
HATTON, Paul Andrew Director 2017-02-20 2024-02-07
HAWKINS, Michael Richard Director 1993-01-18 1996-02-27
HEATHCOAT AMORY, Ian, Sir Director 1996-01-22 2023-02-06
HENSON, Jake Director 2017-02-20 2019-02-04
HODDER, Stephen Philip, Brigadier Director 2014-01-24 2024-02-07
HODEE, David Albert John Director 1982-02-27 1993-07-19
HODGE, John Albert Thomas Director — 2024-02-07
HOLMES, Kenneth Edmund Director — 1992-02-26
HOPPER, Clive Maxwell Raymond Director — 2003-12-12
HOWELL, Fiona Catherine Director 2017-02-20 2019-12-17
HUGHES, Owen Dilwyn Director — 2011-07-18
HUNT, John Director 2002-04-08 2010-09-07
HUTCHINSON, Arthur John Director — 2019-09-25
HUXTABLE, Malcolm William Director — 2024-02-07
HUXTABLE, Michael Thomas Director — 1992-02-26
JENKIN, William Desmond Director 2022-02-04 2024-02-07
JORDAN, William John Director — 1994-01-24
KAUNTZE, Judith Mary Director 2004-04-02 2022-09-02
KINGDON, Arthur Douglas Director — 2008-09-08
KINGDON, Jean Madeleine Director 1996-01-22 2024-02-07
KINGDON, Paul John Director 2009-01-22 2024-02-07
KNIGHT, Emily Alice Director 2023-02-06 2024-02-07
KNUTSFORD, Michael, The Right Honourable Director — 2008-01-24
LAMB, Derek Frederick Director — 1992-10-27
LANGDON, Norman George Director 1996-01-22 2002-12-02
LARCOMBE, Trevor Kenneth Director 1997-01-20 2024-02-07
LATTANEY, Henry John Director — 2000-08-19
LEE, David Chisholm Director — 2003-12-19
LEE, John Albert Thomas Director — 2025-06-25
LEGOOD, Timothy James Director — 2001-11-09
LETHBRIDGE, Mervyn James Director 1992-01-20 2001-08-14
LINDSAY FYNN, Nigel Director — 2024-02-07
LINDSAY-FYNN, Heleen Vanda Mary Director — 2024-02-07
LUXTON, Samuel Director — 2002-01-14
MARTIN, Michael Douglas Director 1999-01-18 2000-11-03
MAUNDER, Felicity Sarah Director 2014-01-24 2024-02-07
MAUNDER, John Lloyd Director — 2021-12-14
MAUNDER, Sarah Jill Director 2006-07-17 2010-07-19
MAXWELL-LAWFORD, Nicholas Anthony Director — 2018-10-24
MAY, John William Director 1996-01-22 2024-02-07
MAY, William Clifford Director — 1995-06-30
MILDMAY-WHITE, Anthony John Bramble Director 1999-01-18 2000-03-21
MOORE, Benedict Michael Director 2005-01-25 2024-02-07
MORGAN, Clive Charles Director — 2024-02-07
MORRIS, Peter Director 2022-02-04 2024-02-07
MORTIMER, Isobel Margaret Director — 2003-12-28
NEVILLE, Christopher Roger Gartside, Air Cdre Director — 1998-06-08
NEWTON, Gordon Leonard Director 2005-01-25 2009-07-13
NORTHCOTT, Richard Mark Director — 2024-02-07
OWEN-PAWSON, Peter Director 2012-01-20 2024-02-07
PALK, Frank Director — 2005-04-04
PALMER, Alan Henry Director 1999-01-18 2017-07-10
PAPE, Colin Lionel, Major Director 2006-04-03 2012-01-19
PARISH, David Edmund Director 1993-01-18 2024-02-07
PARISH, Ian John Director 2012-01-20 2024-02-07
PARISH, Neil Quentin Gordon Director 2010-05-06 2024-02-07
PARKIN, Henry Robert Director 2014-01-24 2023-06-21
PARKIN, John Director 2005-01-25 2013-09-04
PEACE, Brian Littlewood Director 1997-01-20 2000-01-17
PEEK, Richard, Sir Director 1998-01-19 2024-02-07
PEEK, William Grenville, Sir Director — 2001-12-04
PENGELLY, William John Director — 1994-10-31
PENNY, Judith Ann Director — 2024-02-07
PERRIMENT, David Michael, Mr. Director 2015-01-23 2024-02-07
PERSEY, Jill Cecily Director 2018-03-23 2024-02-07
PHILLIPS, Grania Tiffany Director 2007-04-02 2024-02-07
PIKE, Claude Drew Director — 2002-10-02
PLUMSTEAD, Carol May Director 2014-01-24 2024-02-07
PLUMSTEAD, Neil Director — 2011-09-18
POOK, Eric Stuart Director — 2006-01-24
POUNDS, Edgar George Derek, Major General Director 1993-01-18 2002-11-19
PROUSE, Roger John Director — 1994-01-24
QUICKE, Mary Eleanor Director 2014-01-24 2023-03-30
RABJOHNS, Jennifer Denise Director — 1992-01-18
RAYNER, Ralph Mark Director 2014-01-24 2024-02-07
RAYNER, Ranulf Courtauld, Major Director 1998-01-19 2021-12-23
REDDAWAY, John Isaac Director — 1994-01-24
REDDAWAY, Richard Director — 1992-02-26
REED, Peter Thomas Director 2014-01-24 2024-02-07
RETALLICK, Maurice Harold Director — 2026-06-29
RICHARDS, Andrew Henry Director 2000-01-17 2022-09-02
RICHARDS, Humphrey Wyn Herbert Director 2007-01-23 2011-03-28
ROBINSON, Jeremy Charles Nutter Director — 2024-02-07
ROPER, Elizabeth Dorothy Director 2011-03-28 2023-03-09
ROSSITER, John Director — 1996-02-27
RUSS, Timothy James Director 2015-01-23 2015-12-14
RUSS, Timothy James Director 2004-07-19 2013-07-31
SALMON, Hugh Llewellyn Director 1995-01-17 2004-04-02
SAYERS, Arnold Lewis Director 1991-01-18 2003-09-26
SCOBLE, David Arthur Director 2004-01-30 2024-02-07
SEXTON, Morley Arthur Joslin Director — 2000-06-04
SHORT, John Pickard Director — 2024-02-07
SHORT, Verona Margaret Director — 2002-12-02
SKINNER, Richard Roy Director — 2004-02-04
SLADE, Herbert Owen Director 1995-01-16 2011-06-29
SLADE, Philip Owen Director 2003-01-27 2009-07-13
SQUIRES, Melanie Grace Director 2022-02-04 2024-02-07
STAFFORD CHARLES, Richard Nicholas Director 1999-01-18 2009-02-10
STAMP, Bernard Tom Director 2004-01-30 2024-02-07
STEVENS, Thomas Bond Director — 2002-08-06
SWIRE, Hugo George William, Rt Hon Director 2014-01-24 2020-07-21
TAILYOUR, Robert Stewart Director 1997-01-20 2024-02-07
TANNER, Leslie John, Sqn Ldr Director 2023-02-06 2024-02-07
TAVERNER, Lewis John Director — 2021-11-10
THE EARL OF DEVON, Hugh, Right Honourable Director — 2015-08-11
THOMAS, John Hooper Director — 2007-07-16
THOMAS, Robin Dennis Director 2005-01-25 2023-05-31
TOWNSEND, Michael Victor Director 2008-01-24 2024-02-07
TRAHAIR, John Rosewarne Director 1995-03-27 2004-01-06
TREEBY, William Edmund Director — 2003-12-15
TRUMP, Charles Christopher Gordon Director 1993-01-18 2019-04-01
TUCKER, Peter Thomas Director 1993-01-20 1994-03-29
TULLY, Gordon Herbert Director 1993-01-18 2024-02-07
TURTON, Steven Director 2006-01-24 2007-12-03
TURTON, Steven Director 2001-04-02 2005-04-04
UGLOW, William Arthur Director — 2024-02-07
VERNEY, David Director — 2021-04-20
VERNEY, Frederick John Director — 2024-02-07
WADSWORTH, Benjamin Murray Director — 2016-12-21
WALTER-SYMONS, William John Director — 2003-04-10
WALTERS, Francis Herbert Director — 1991-06-01
WEBBER, Christopher Gordon Director 2007-01-23 2013-01-01
WHIDDEN, Norman Henry Director — 1992-04-27
WILLIAM-POWLETT, Oliver Newton Wallop Director — 2002-12-07
WILLIAMS, Jonathan Trefor Huw Director 2018-03-23 2024-02-07
WILLMINGTON, Nigel Paul Director — 2004-05-28
WISE, Christopher Director 2006-07-18 2024-02-07
WOLFGANG, Philip Graeme Director 2015-01-23 2024-02-07
WOOLLARD, Anna Mary Director 2008-01-24 2020-01-28
WREFORD-BROWN, Charles Carless Director 2018-03-23 2023-05-13
YELLAND, John David Director — 1992-12-03
BICTON COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (NOMINEE M FLOREY) Corporate Director — 2003-07-27
DEVON LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION (NOMINEE A L THRES) Corporate Director — 1995-01-16
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION DEVON COUNTY BRANCH (NOMINEE R A MACDONALD) Corporate Director — 1996-02-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Andrew John Gray Individual Significant influence 2022-03-18 Active
Mr Stewart Thomas Richard Stevens Individual Significant influence (as trust) 2019-08-13 Active
Sir Henry William Studholme Individual Significant influence (as trust) 2019-08-13 Active
Mrs Deborah Custance Baker Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-06-25
Mr John Albert Thomas Lee Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-06-25
Mr Nigel Lindsay-Fynn Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-07-10
Mrs Mary Eleanor Quicke Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2022-04-11
Mr Thomas Leslie Hammett Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2022-03-18
Mr David Edmund Parish Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-08-13
Sir John Charles Cave Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-06-14
Mr Maurice Harold Retallick Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 603 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-08 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-07-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-07-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-02-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-02-13 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-04 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-04 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-02-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-04-22 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-22 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-02-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-02-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-02-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

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

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