Guidance

Recognised breed societies for bovine species

Updated 8 April 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: david.deakin@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