REDWINGS HORSE SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1068911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RED WINGS, REDWINGS · also registered in Scotland as SC045070 (OSCR)

Redwings operates sanctuaries and rehoming across England, Scotland and Wales. Our primary purpose is to provide and promote the welfare, protection and care of horses, ponies donkeys and mules that have suffered from maltreatment, neglect or poor circumstances, through rescue, rehabilitation and sanctuary care, and by educating people

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2.7m for the year, with free unrestricted reserves of £14.5m falling below the trustees' stated policy target of 18 months of expenditure (approx. £23m). The trustees note that budgets for 2026 are not acceptable in light of rising costs and have initiated site closures and asset sales to manage cash flow and reduce operational expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lovewell Blake LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Redwings Horse Sanctuary (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).

• Harry Hall One Club — “We’re delighted to say we’ve partnered with the Harry Hall One Club to offer you a fantastic way to support Redwings – Harry Hall’s Charity …” (source page)
• UEA Publishing Project — “We are delighted to be working with the UEA Publishing Project and members of the American Studies department on a project around Anna Sewel…” (source page)
• Spillers — “As well as being our feed supplier, Spillers have fundraised for us in various ways, from taking on the Thames path challenge or holding a s…” (source page)
• Jane Ayres — “Author Jane Ayres is donating all profits from sales of the electronic version of her series of ‘Moonlight and Matty’ books to Redwings.” (source page)
• Equilibrium — “Equilibrium sell a range of horse care and riding products, and have unveiled a new website which allows customers to make a donation to Red…” (source page)
• Jump 4 Joy — “Jump 4 Joy have kindly donated jumps to support our training of ridden ponies looking for homes outside the Sanctuary.” (source page)
• The Equine Market — “The Equine Market will be donating a proportion of its proceeds to Redwings and you can soon 'round up for Redwings' at the till too!” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

26 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (26 freehold); recorded price paid £585k. 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 ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK LITTLEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Daren Moore FCCA
• Ian Murray Scott
• Paul Fileman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tom Sharpe

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 SHY LOWEN HORSE AND PONY SANCTUARY.

• SHY LOWEN HORSE AND PONY SANCTUARY income £242k
• THE MARE AND FOAL SANCTUARY income £6.0m
• HORSES AND PONIES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• REDGATE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £378k
• REMUS MEMORIAL HORSE SANCTUARY income £630k
• HORSEWORLD TRUST income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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