RACING WELFARE

Registered charity 1084042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC048413 (OSCR)

The charity provides support for those working in or retired from the horseracing and thoroughbred industry including: provision of occupational health and mental health services; a 24 hour support line; advice and guidance; community events for working and retired staff; grants to individuals and organisations; housing; career advice and training support.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure before investment gains of £724k, resulting in a net income after gains of £42k. Free reserves are held at £10.8m, which the trustees consider sufficient to ensure the charity can survive any short-term unforeseen fall in income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04116279

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Racing Welfare (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).

• The Jockey Club — “The Jockey Club Official Charity” (source page)
• 4Racing — “4Racing Charity Partner” (source page)
• Arena Racing Company — “Arena Racing Company Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• Arabian Racing Organisation — “Arabian Racing Organisation Charity Partner” (source page)
• Ascot Racecourse Supports — “Ascot Racecourse Supports Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• Bedmax — “Bedmax Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• Betfair — “Betfair Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• Careers in Racing — “Careers in Racing Charity Partner” (source page)
• CNG Switch — “CNG Switch Corporate Partner” (source page)
• European Bloodstock News — “European Bloodstock News Media Partner” (source page)
• Fielding and Nicholson — “Fielding and Nicholson” (source page)
• Global Group Racing — “Global Group Racing Charity Partnership” (source page)
• Godolphin — “Godolphin Corporate Partner” (source page)
• Goffs UK — “Goffs UK Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• The Good Racing Co — “The Good Racing Co Charity Partner” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROBINSON, Abigail Clare — director, appointed 23/06/2026on trustee list
• MARTIN, Philip Torbet — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• FLITCROFT, Alan Roy — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• BOSS, Charles Henry — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• BANNISTER, Nicholas William Ayrton — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
• BOZZA, John Paul — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
• SWAIN, Paul — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
• MCLEOD-CLARKE, Nicholas Charles Fraser — director, appointed 09/06/2022on trustee list
• BRODERICK, Olivia — director, appointed 09/06/2022on trustee list
• HOPE, Simon Richard — director, appointed 13/06/2019on trustee list
• CARTER, Celina Imogen, Lady — director, appointed 13/06/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £721k. 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 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~26.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (46% 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: 21.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Clare Robinson
• Alan Flitcroft
• Charles Henry Boss
• John Bozza · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lady Celina Imogen Carter
• Nicholas McLeod-Clarke
• Nicholas William Ayrton Bannister · trustee of 1 other charity
• Olivia Broderick
• Paul Swain
• Philip Martin
• Simon Hope · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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 RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES.

• RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES income £1.3m
• Racing Homes income £1.7m
• GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED income £851k
• NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES income £414k
• RACING INDUSTRY ACCIDENT BENEFIT SCHEME income £2.0m
• WORLD HORSE WELFARE income £11.1m

Side by side with its peers

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