Guidance

Recognised breed societies for bovine species

Updated 11 October 2024

Name of breed society or competent authority	Name of the breed	Geographical territory of each approved breeding programme	Date of approval
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society Pedigree House 6 Kings Place Perth PH2 8AD Telephone: 01738 622 477 Fax: 01738 63636 Email: robert@aberdeen-angus.co.uk Website: aberdeen-angus.co.uk	Aberdeen Angus	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
Ayrshires Cattle Society of Great Britain and Ireland Westburn House McNee Road Prestwick Ayrshire KA9 2PB Telephone: 01292 471 292 Fax: 01292 474 686 Email: society@ayrshirescs.org Website: ayrshirescs.org	Ayrshire Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
The Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society Society Pavilion Avenue M Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2RG Telephone: 02475 099 146 Email: clive@beefshorthorn.org Website: www.beefshorthorn.org	Beef Shorthorn	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
Belted Galloway Cattle Society Flourish Walls House Greenlaw Duns Berwickshire TD10 6XW Telephone: 0166 557 9326 Telephone: 07891 245 870 Email: info@beltedgalloways.co.uk Website: beltedgalloways.co.uk	Belted Galloway Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
The British Bazadaise Cattle Society Pond Farm Charlton Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 9DU Telephone: 01666 860 470 Email: enquiry@bazadaise.co.uk Website: bazadaise.org.uk	Bazadaise Cattle	United Kingdom	2 November 2018
British Blonde Society Holme House Dale Ainstable Carlisle CA4 9RH Telephone: 01768 870 523 Email: admin@britishblondesociety.co.uk Website: britishblondesociety.co.uk	Blonde d’Aquitaine Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
British Blue Cattle Society Holme House The Dale Ainstable Carlisle Cumbria CA4 9RH Telephone: 01768 870 522 Email: info@britishbluecattle.org Website: britishbluecattle.org	British Blue Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
British Charolais Cattle Society Ltd Unit 66, Avenue M Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2RG Telephone: 024 7669 7222 Fax: 024 7669 0270 Email: charolais@charolais.co.uk Website: charolais.co.uk	Charolais Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
The British Gelbvieh Cattle Society Upper Old Wheatley Farm Pocombe Bridge Exeter Devon EX4 2HA Telephone: 07751 174 239 Email: Info@gelbviehuk.co.uk Website: gelbviehuk.co.uk	Gelbvieh Cattle	United Kingdom	18 February 2019
British Limousin Cattle Society Ltd Concorde House 24 Warwick New Road Royal Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 5JG Telephone: 024 7669 6500 Fax: 024 7669 6716 Email: info@limousin.co.uk Website: limousin.co.uk	Limousin Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
British Montbeliarde Society Rose Cottage Little Fencote Northallerton DL7 0RR Telephone: 01609 748 385 Telephone: 07710 795 585 Email: Montbeliardeuk@hotmail.co.uk Website: montbeliardeuk.co.uk	British Montbeliarde	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
The British Parthenais Society High Tarns Farm Silloth Wigton Cumbria CA7 4NQ Telephone: 01697 331 836 Email: britishparthenaissociety@gmail.com Website: parthenais.co.uk	Parthenais Cattle	United Kingdom	8 November 2018
British Piemontese Cattle Society Ltd 33 Eden Grange Little Corby Carlisle CA4 8QW Telephone: 01228 562 946 Email: craig@piemontese.info secretary@piemontese.info Website: piemontese.info	Piemontese Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
British Simmental Cattle Society Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2LG Telephone: 024 7669 6513 Telephone: 024 7669 6724 Email: julie@britishsimmental.co.uk Email: information@britishsimmental.co.uk Website: britishsimmental.co.uk	Simmental Cattle Dairy Fleckvieh Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018 8 October 2021
British Wagyu Breeders Association Rosebud House Back Lane Claybrooke Magna Leicestershire LE17 5AW Telephone: 07901 768 904 Email: info@britishwagyu.co.uk Website: britishwagyu.co.uk	Wagyu	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	22 June 2022
British White Cattle Society Albany Farm Fen End Over Cambridge CB24 5NE Telephone: 01954 232 796 Email: admin@britishwhitecattle.co.uk Website: britishwhitecattle.co.uk	British White Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
Brown Swiss Cattle Society (UK) Rose Cottage Little Fencote Northallerton North Yorkshire DL7 0RR Telephone: 01609 748 385 Telephone: 07710 795 585 Email: office@brownswiss.org Website: brownswiss.org	Brown Swiss Cattle	United Kingdom	1 November 2018
Devon Cattle Breeders Society Unit 1 Stable Yard Woodhayes Farm Honiton Devon EX14 4TP Telephone: 01404 47863 Email: dcbs@redrubydevon.co.uk Website: redrubydevon.co.uk	Devon Cattle	England, Wales	1 October 2001
Dexter Cattle Society Holme House Dale Ainstable Carlisle CA4 9RH Telephone: 01768 870 521 Email: secretary@dextercattle.co.uk Website: dextercattle.co.uk	Dexter Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
English Guernsey Cattle Society Langstone Mill Farm Llangarron Ross-on-Wye HR9 6NY Telephone: 01761 221 349 Telephone: 07947 355 507 Email: office@guernseycattle.com Website: guernseycattle.com	Guernsey Cattle	United Kingdom	1 November 2018
European Angus Cattle Society 47A Ballymacanallen Road Gilford Craigavon Co. Armagh Northern Ireland BT63 6AE Telephone: 07715 584 887 Email: info@europeanangus.co.uk	Angus Cattle	United Kingdom	1 November 2018 Recognition removed as of 31 March 2023
Galloway Society of Great Britain & Ireland 15 New Market Street Castle Douglas Dumfries DG7 1HY Telephone: 01556 502 753 Email: info@gallowaycattlesociety.co.uk Website: gallowaycattlesociety.co.uk	Galloway Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
The Gascon Cattle Society UK Ordhill Farm Longmorn Elgin IV30 8RJ Tel: 07787722497 gasconcattle@btconnect.com www.gascon.org.uk	Gascon Castle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	14 December 2023
Gloucester Cattle Society 1 Marshall Crescent Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxon OX7 7HA Telephone: 01869 349 132 Email: Secretary@gloucestercattle.org.uk Website: gloucestercattle.org.uk	Gloucester Cattle	United Kingdom	1 May 2018
Hereford Cattle Society Hereford House 3 Offa Street Hereford HR1 2LL Telephone: 01432 272 057 Fax: 07739 519 277 Email: paul.sneyd@herefordcattle.org Website: herefordcattle.org	Hereford Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 January 2015
Highland Cattle Society Stirling Agricultural Centre Stirling FK9 4RN Telephone: 01786 446 866 Fax: 07825 232 092 Email: David@highlandcattlesociety.com Website: highlandcattlesociety.com	Highland Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
Holstein UK Speir House Stafford Park 1 Telford Shropshire TF3 3BD Telephone: 07810 128 645 Telephone: 07714 770 057 Email: suecope@ukcows.com lizziebonsall@ukcows.com Website: holstein-uk.org	Holstein, British Friesian	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 December 1998
Jersey Cattle Society of the United Kingdom The Studio @ The Mill Mill Lane Little Shrewley Warwickshire CV35 7HN Telephone: 01926 484 035 Telephone: 07971 020 817 Email: info@ukjerseys.com Email: emma@thejcs.uk Website: jerseycattlesociety.uk	Jersey Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
Lincoln Red Cattle Society Lincolnshire Showground Grange-de-Lings Lincoln LN2 2NA Telephone: 01522 511 395 Email: secretary@lincolnredcattlesociety.co.uk Website: lincolnredcattlesociety.co.uk	Lincoln Red	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland	1 November 2018
Longhorn Cattle Society East Lodge Stoneleigh Park Stoneleigh Warwickshire CV8 2LH Telephone: 0345 017 1027 Telephone: 07884 065 959 Email: secretary@longhorncattlesociety.com Website: longhorncattlesociety.com	English Longhorn	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
Luing Cattle Society Ltd Dairy Cottage Tower Road Ayton Berwickshire TD14 5QX Telephone: 01890 781 358 Telephone: 07592 139 708 Email: secretary@luingcattlesociety.co.uk Website: luingcattlesociety.co.uk	Luing Cattle	United Kingdom	1 November 2018
Meuse Rhine Issel Cattle Society Castle Moor Farm Four Oaks Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LU Telephone: 01531 890 730 Fax: 01531 890 939 Email: office@mri.org.uk	Meuse Rhine Issel Cattle	United Kingdom	1 November 2018
Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society Little Holgan Llanwhaden Narbeth Pembrokeshire SA67 8OJ Telephone: 01437 541 450 Email: info@murray-grey.co.uk Website: murray-grey.co.uk	Murray Grey Cattle	United Kingdom	1 November 2018
Rare Breeds Survival Trust Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2LG Telephone: 024 7669 6551 Fax: 024 7669 6706 Email: enquiries@rbst.org.uk Website: rbst.org.uk	Vaynol Cattle	United Kingdom	14 April 2018
Red Poll Cattle Society 1 Nabbott Road Chelmsford Essex CM1 2SW Telephone: 01245 600 032 Fax: 01245 600 032 Email: secretary@redpoll.co.uk Website: redpoll.org	Red Poll Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland	12 November 1998
The Riggit Galloway Cattle Society Sherberton Farm Princetown Yelverton Devon PL20 6SF Telephone: 01364 631 276 Email: wood@anton-coaker.co.uk Website: riggitgallowaycattlesociety.co.uk	Riggit Galloway Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland	1 November 2018
Salers Cattle Society Registered Address: Lane Farm Milnthorpe LA7 7NH Correspondence address: Jasmine Cottage 2 Maitland Row Gavinton Berwickshire TD11 3QP Telephone: 07903 626 249 Email: secretary@salers.uk Website: salers.uk	Salers Cattle	England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland	1 September 2018
Shetland Cattle Herd Book Society Shetland Rural Centre Staneyhill Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NA Telephone: 01595 696 300 Fax: 01595 696 305 Email: Shetlandschbs@aol.com Website: schbs.co.uk	Shetland Cattle	United Kingdom	1 November 2018
The Shorthorn Society of the UK and Ireland 4th Street National Agricultural Centre Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2LG Telephone: 024 7669 6549 Telephone: 024 7669 6729 Email: breedsecretary@shorthorn.co.uk Website: shorthorn.co.uk	Dairy Shorthorn	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
South Devon Herd Book Society Westpoint Clyst St Mary Exeter Devon EX5 1DJ Telephone: 01392 447 494 Fax: 01392 447 495 Email: caroline@sdhbs.org.uk Website: sdhbs.org.uk	South Devon Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
StabiliserTM Cattle Company Southburn Office Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 9ED Telephone: 01377 227 790 Email: seth.wareing@stabiliser.co.uk Website: stabiliser.co.uk Date of recognition: 1 October 2014	Stabiliser Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
Sussex Cattle Society Station Road Robertsbridge East Sussex TN32 5DG Telephone: 01580 880 105 Email: enq@sussexcattlesociety.org.uk Website: sussexcattlesociety.org.uk	Sussex Cattle	England, Wales	1 November 2018
Welsh Black Cattle Society 13 Bangor Street Caernarfon Gwynedd LL55 1AP Telephone: 01286 672 391 Telephone: 01982 551 111 Fax: 0128 6672 022 Email: welshblack@btclick.com Website: welshblackcattlesociety.com	Welsh Black Cattle	United Kingdom	1 November 2018
Whitebred Shorthorn Association Ltd High Shield Farm Bardon Mill Hexham NE47 7AJ Telephone: 01434 344 716 Email: whitebredshorthorn@gmail.com Website: whitebredshorthorn.com	Whitebred Shorthorn Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland Northern Ireland	1 November 2018
White Park Cattle Society Archway Cottage 2 Church Street Marton Rugby Warwickshire CV23 9RL Telephone and fax: 01926 632 560 Email: whiteparks@aol.com Website: whiteparkcattlesociety.ltd.uk	White Park Cattle	England, Wales, Scotland Northern Ireland	1 November 2018