THE PONY CLUB

Registered charity 1050146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage young people to ride and to enjoy all kinds of sport connected with ponies and riding. To give instruction in riding and in all matters relating to ponies and riding and to provide education in looking after and taking proper care of animals. To promote the highest ideals of sportsmanship, citizenship and loyalty to create strength of character and self-discipline.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Pony Club reported a surplus of £67,901 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £13,784,247 and total expenditure of £13,716,346. The charity holds central unrestricted reserves of £2,221,000, which the Trustees state are equivalent to 12 months of central office expenditure, providing an adequate financial buffer. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Pony Club (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Howden Insurance Brokers — “Howden Insurance Brokers Insurance Partner of The Pony Club and Sponsor of our Centre Equitation Competitions.” (source page)
• Dengie Horse Feeds — “As the Nutrition Partner of The Pony Club and proud sponsor of the National Quiz and Feeding Achievement Badges, Dengie is committed to help…” (source page)
• GFS Saddles — “As Saddlery Partner of The Pony Club and Sponsor of Pony Club Show Jumping, GFS Saddles support education, best practice, and young riders’ …” (source page)
• CVS Equine Vets — “The Pony Club is delighted to announce CVS Equine Vets as its Veterinary Partner , bringing together one of the UK’s most respected equestri…” (source page)
• Blue Cross — “Welfare Partner and Sponsor of our Horse and Pony Care Competitions.” (source page)
• Evoke — “Official Safety Partner to The Pony Club and Headline Sponsor of The Pony Club Championships.” (source page)
• Sundown — “Sundown Products is The Pony Clubs official bedding supplier for The Pony Club Championships and PCUK events.” (source page)
• Agria — “Sponsors of PCUK Dressage and Headline sponsor to The Pony Club Championships, is a specialist pet insurer, and the UK’s first and only prov…” (source page)
• LeMieux — “the partnership will see LeMieux play a prominent role as a Headline Sponsor at The Pony Club Championships, supporting Members, families an…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy Ronald Geoffry Vesteychair
• Anna Goodley
• CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY MILES TOULSON-CLARKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diane Pegrum
• HELEN JACKSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Justine Elizabeth Baynes
• Justine Trumper
• Nigel John Howlett
• Patrick Campbell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY.

• THE NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY income £669k
• THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED income £681k
• PEGASUS GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED income £936k
• ROYAL ARTILLERY SADDLE CLUB, ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS, LARKHILL income £464k
• ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH RIDING SCHOOLS income £153k
• THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST income £109k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.