SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1078889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Sir Peter O' Sullevan Charitable Trust was established to provide funds for the welfare of animals, particularly horses. These funds are raised principally from The Sir Peter O' Sullevan Annual Award Lunch.

Causes: Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£392k

Latest spending

£781k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £628,477, a decrease from the previous year's £997,007. The trustees consider the state of finances to be sound and note no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's reserves policy is to distribute maximum available funds while retaining sufficient funds to meet foreseeable commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: distributing the maximum available to the beneficiary charities whilst retaining sufficient funds to meet all foreseeable commitments within the coming years and avoiding all risk (held: £628k)

“The management committee has a policy of distributing the maximum available to the beneficiary charities whilst retaining sufficient funds to meet all foreseeable commitments within the coming years and avoiding all risk.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Management costs of £61,660 and Consultancy of £43,288 were paid to N P Racing and Earth Summit Marketing Ltd, two businesses connected to the current administrator of the Charity and Trustee Mr. N Payne. The fees were at the rate of £8,333 per month. There are also expenses paid to N P Racing amounting to £4,559

“Management costs of £61,660 and Consultancy of £43,288 were paid to N P Racing and Earth Summit Marketing Ltd, two businesses connected to the current administrator of the Charity and Trustee Mr. N Payne. The fees were at the rate of £8,333 per month. There are also expenses paid to N P Racing amounting to £4,559” — page 16

“Management fees of £10,000 were paid to GCS Hughes Advisory Services in respect of services provided by Mr G Hughes who is a Trustee.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Management fees of £10,000 were paid to GCS Hughes Advisory Services in respect of services provided by Mr G Hughes who is a Trustee.

“Management costs of £61,660 and Consultancy of £43,288 were paid to N P Racing and Earth Summit Marketing Ltd, two businesses connected to the current administrator of the Charity and Trustee Mr. N Payne. The fees were at the rate of £8,333 per month. There are also expenses paid to N P Racing amounting to £4,559” — page 16

“Management fees of £10,000 were paid to GCS Hughes Advisory Services in respect of services provided by Mr G Hughes who is a Trustee.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Trust's investments are managed by Vermeer Partners of which Mr Michael Kerr-Dineen, a Trustee, is a Partner. The investment management fees paid to Vermeer Partners totalled £4,520.

“Management costs of £61,660 and Consultancy of £43,288 were paid to N P Racing and Earth Summit Marketing Ltd, two businesses connected to the current administrator of the Charity and Trustee Mr. N Payne. The fees were at the rate of £8,333 per month. There are also expenses paid to N P Racing amounting to £4,559” — page 16

“Management fees of £10,000 were paid to GCS Hughes Advisory Services in respect of services provided by Mr G Hughes who is a Trustee.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A relative of a Trustee donated £89,000 and made purchases of £11,000 at the auction.

“Management costs of £61,660 and Consultancy of £43,288 were paid to N P Racing and Earth Summit Marketing Ltd, two businesses connected to the current administrator of the Charity and Trustee Mr. N Payne. The fees were at the rate of £8,333 per month. There are also expenses paid to N P Racing amounting to £4,559” — page 16

“Management fees of £10,000 were paid to GCS Hughes Advisory Services in respect of services provided by Mr G Hughes who is a Trustee.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Mr Geoffrey Hughes was also a Trustee of World Horse Welfare until 3 December 2019. Payments have been made by the Trust to World Horse Welfare.

“Management costs of £61,660 and Consultancy of £43,288 were paid to N P Racing and Earth Summit Marketing Ltd, two businesses connected to the current administrator of the Charity and Trustee Mr. N Payne. The fees were at the rate of £8,333 per month. There are also expenses paid to N P Racing amounting to £4,559” — page 16

“Management fees of £10,000 were paid to GCS Hughes Advisory Services in respect of services provided by Mr G Hughes who is a Trustee.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dierdre Flood
GEOFFREY HUGHES
JOHN MCMANUS
MICHAEL DILLON
MICHAEL KERR-DINEEN
NIGEL PAYNE
SIR Anthony Peter McCoy

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£392k	£781k
30/04/2024	£397k	£1.3m
30/04/2023	£395k	£1.6m
30/04/2022	£386k	£1.3m
30/04/2021	£140k	£1.1m

Common questions

Is SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £628,477, a decrease from the previous year's £997,007. The trustees consider the state of finances to be sound and note no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's reserves policy is to distribute maximum available funds while retaining sufficient funds to meet foreseeable commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ARMED FORCES EQUINE CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARMED FORCES EQUINE CHARITY	FY2022	£10k	Not specified

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION	1	£10k
WILDLIFE AND WELFARE	1	£10k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£5k
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST.

THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST income £109k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST income £190k
SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST income £114k
THE MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £380k
OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST income £1.0m
THE SUFFOLK PUNCH TRUST income £497k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST	£392k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SYLVANUS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£380k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST FY2024	£1.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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