ST MARY'S HORSE REFUGE

Registered charity 1101405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rehoming & general care of sick & unwanted horses. The charity trades through three shop outlets as well as receiving donations.

Objects

1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF HORSES AND PONIES IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS.2) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG SUCH ANIMALS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Rochford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating loss of £35,942 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with administrative expenses significantly exceeding gross profit. Despite the loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £241,023, which the trustees consider adequate to meet its liabilities. The filing notes that the company is exempt from audit requirements under the small companies regime.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2023 (received 07/11/2024, 68 days after the 31/08/2024 due date); year ending 31/10/2022 (received 18/07/2024, 322 days after the 31/08/2023 due date); year ending 31/10/2021 (received 21/11/2022, 82 days after the 31/08/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DIGBY RAYMENT MARTIN SAUNDERSchair
• CATHERINE BALDING
• FREDERICK MOULE
• Joanne Charlesworth
• KAREN JOHNSON

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RACEHORSE SANCTUARY LTD.

• THE RACEHORSE SANCTUARY LTD income £185k
• THE MARE AND FOAL SANCTUARY income £6.0m
• ST FRANCIS ANIMAL WELFARE income £284k
• ST MARGARET'S HOUSE income £1.3m
• THE NEXT CHAPTER HORSE RESCUE income £73k
• HOLT AREA CARING SOCIETY income £29k

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