CONQUEST CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1103883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONQUEST CENTRE FOR DISABLED RIDERS LIMITED

Provide disabled people of all ages with the opportunity for regular horseriding bringing them a sense of freedom, achievement and independence and benefiting their health and well being.

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Latest income
£777k
Latest spending
£721k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £56,297 with total income of £777,244 and unrestricted reserves of £682,189. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are considered adequate as they slightly exceed the post-year-end policy target range of £300,000 to £350,000. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £824,267 and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £682k)
“Post year end the Board agreed a new policy to hold free reserves in the target range of £300,000 to £350,000 based on approximately 6 months of costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Conquest Equestrian Centre Limited
“The company and its subsidiary undertaking Conquest Equestrian Centre Limited, comprise a small sized group.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Conquest Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£777k
Total spending
£721k
Cost of raising funds
£15k
Reserves (reported)
£682k
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~11.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£777k£721k
30/06/2024£802k£579k
30/06/2023£680k£486k
30/06/2022£899k£343k
30/06/2021£285k£291k

Common questions

Is CONQUEST CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £56,297 with total income of £777,244 and unrestricted reserves of £682,189. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are considered adequate as they slightly exceed the post-year-end policy target range of £300,000 to £350,000. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £824,267 and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CONQUEST CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CONQUEST CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation28/02/2023£4kTraining for staff at a therapeutic centre for disabled and neurodiverse people in Taunton
Somerset Community Foundation26/05/2022£67kProviding equine assisted counselling to parents of children with additional needs in Sedgemoor
Sport England26/04/2021£50kCOVID-19 Return to Play
Sport England22/10/2020£3kToyota Parasport Fund
Sport England06/07/2020£0COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
Somerset Community Foundation26/06/2020£3kCOVID19 Counselling for vulnerable people
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2019£10kSpecialist Instructor Salary Costs
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2014£9kSensory Room at Conquest Centre for Disabled Riders
Sport England27/02/2014£9kGet Equipped - Wheelchair Sport Driving Carriage
The National Lottery Community Fund10/01/2013£9kBack riding and sensory work
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2010£9kThe Purchase of Suitable Horses and Ponies for Disabled Riders

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 MARGARET HAES RIDING CENTRE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CONQUEST CENTRE LIMITED£777k—0unclear—no doubt
MARGARET HAES RIDING CENTRE LTD FY2025£232k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DIAMOND CENTRE FOR DISABLED RIDERS FY2025£578k—0no_policy28.6%no doubt
DIGSWELL PLACE GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION FY2025£155k—0below—no doubt
LEYBOURNE GRANGE RIDING CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED FY2025£288k—0above—no doubt
CHIGWELL RIDING TRUST FOR SPECIAL NEEDS FY2025£557k—0unclear—no doubt

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