HEROS

Registered charity 1115174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HEROS aims to take in ex - racehorses and retrain and find new homes for them where they can flourish in new disciplines. HEROS also aims to raise the profile of the thoroughbred in general. HEROS provides education, training & work related opportunities for people wanting to work in either the racing or equine industries,including courses for special educational needs children and young people.

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Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,969,610, resulting in a net income surplus of £384,185 for the year. Free reserves rose to £1,027,764, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for two years should donations cease. The auditor confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.0m)

“The Trustees aim to build reserves to a level sufficient to keep all the ex-racehorses for two years should donations fall dramatically or cease altogether.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Grace Muir — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

The Racing Foundation — “With support from The Racing Foundation and our many other partners, HEROS is proud of the individual care offered to both the horses and th…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£32k

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Elizabeth Dorlingchair
Andrew McGonnell
Catherine O'Neill
Lauren Minchin
MARGARET JANE SUTTON
Marion Begley
Richard Phillips
Richard Shepherd
VICTORIA HOPGOOD

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.0m	£1.6m
31/03/2024	£1.9m	£1.2m
31/03/2023	£745k	£695k
31/03/2022	£561k	£564k
31/03/2021	£613k	£547k

Common questions

Is HEROS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £1,969,610, resulting in a net income surplus of £384,185 for the year. Free reserves rose to £1,027,764, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for two years should donations cease. The auditor confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited.

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 RACING FOUNDATION	2	£239k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	2	£239k
SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£84k
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation	2	£54k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£21k
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES	1	£177k
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT	1	£13k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED.

GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED income £851k
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES income £1.3m
HEALTH EQUALITY AND RIGHTS ORGANISATION income £169k
NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES income £414k
THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED income £681k
RUGBY FOR HEROES income £227k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HEROS	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED FY2025	£851k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES FY2024	£1.3m	£120,001 - £130,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
HEALTH EQUALITY AND RIGHTS ORGANISATION FY2025	£169k	—	—	within	—	no doubt
NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES FY2025	£414k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED FY2025	£681k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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