Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society
What it does
The promotion of livestock farming for the benefit of the public, by the promotion and improvement of Murray Grey Cattle and maintaining the purity of the breed
Its charitable purposes
TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE AGRICULTURE BY MAINTAINING THE PURITY OF AND IMPROVING THE BREED OF MURRAY GREY CATTLE. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREED OF MURRAY GREY CATTLE AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF.
Causes
- What it works on
- Animals
- Who it helps
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Provides services
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Scotland
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £4,721 and spent £5,515.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £4,721 | £5,515 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £6,803 | £7,622 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £6,803 | £7,623 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £3,455 | £5,922 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £7,501 | £10,234 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 37%, from £7,501 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £4,721 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 117% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 5 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- James William Crane
- Jonathan Paul Chapman
- Kirsten Eileen Westaway
- Paul James Westaway
- Rosemary Anne Kent
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 23 October 2026, 8 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 31 October 2025 | Not required |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 3 October 2024, 28 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 12 October 2023, 19 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 20 October 2022, 11 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 274498
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 16 November 1977
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 9TH JUNE 1977
- Company number
- 01910813This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.murray-grey.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.