GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED
Registered charity 1117322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREATWOOD CARING FOR RETIRED RACEHORSES LIMITED
Rescue, Rehabilitation, Rehoming of Ex-RacehorsesHelping children, young people and adults with disabilities and/or special educational needs and/or are underprivileged using ex-racehorses as a vehicle to teach children, young people and adults life skills.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £453,632, which is below the charity's stated reserves policy target of six months' expenditure given total expenditure of £654,235. The trustees acknowledge that raising income is a significant challenge and that increased costs pose risks to sustainability, yet they maintain that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six month’s expenditure (held: £454k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to six month’s expenditure.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by David Owen & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Greatwood (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- JAMES, Ian — director, appointed 17/11/2017on trustee list
- COCKS, Alison Karen — director, appointed 01/01/2007on trustee list
- POWELL, Richard — director, appointed 01/01/2007on trustee list
- YEADON, Helen Mary — director, appointed 11/08/2006on trustee list
- YEADON, Helen Mary — secretary, appointed 09/09/2011
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£57k
Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (16/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ALISON KAREN COCKS
- COUNCILLOR IAN JAMES
- Christopher Keith Price CBE
- HELEN MARY YEADON
- RICHARD WILLIAM POWELL
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £453,632, which is below the charity's stated reserves policy target of six months' expenditure given total expenditure of £654,235. The trustees acknowledge that raising income is a significant challenge and that increased costs pose risks to sustainability, yet they maintain that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by David Owen & Co.
Who funds GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED as a grant recipient include MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION, THE RACING FOUNDATION, The Trevor Hemmings Foundation, SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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