HORSEWORLD TRUST

Registered charity 1121920 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF BRISTOL HORSES SOCIETY, HOME OF REST FOR HORSES, HORSE WORLD, HORSEWORLD, HORSEWORLD WELFARE, REST HOME FOR HORSES

Ensuring quality of life for horses ponies & donkeys by providing a healthy & secure future. Operating an effective rescue rehabilitation & rehoming programme actively promoting & encouranging responsible equine ownership. Supporting & working closely with local communities & organisations. Educating children with emotional behavioural & learning difficulties through our Discovery Programme.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE TO1. RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF HORSES, DONKEYS AND OTHER EQUINES (AND IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES OTHER ANIMALS) THAT ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION FOR ANY REASON INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE NEGLECTED OR UNWANTED THROUGH THE RESCUE, PROTECTION, TRAINING, REHABILITATION AND RE-HOMING OF SUCH ANIMALS;2. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS;3. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND MENTORING OF STUDENTS, YOUNG PERSONS AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS) THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES, WORK EXPERIENCE, ASSISTING WITH AND PROVIDING PLACEMENT SCHEMES AND TRAINING AND SUPPORTING SUCH INDIVIDUALS GENERALLY; AND4. PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR LOCAL ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE THROUGH THE CONSERVATION AND REGENERATION OF LOCAL LAND.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that HorseWorld Trust operated at an operational deficit of £1.25m for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by rising staffing and veterinary costs alongside volatile legacy income. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £963,606, which the trustees note are below their stated policy target of 10 to 12 months of operational expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, supported by investment gains and a strategic plan aiming for financial sustainability by 2028.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery Champness LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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.

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). 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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 60.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• LESLIE BARBARA DILLINGHAMchair
• ANDREW DOWDEN
• Annette Katarina Newman
• Duncan John Ballard
• Emmaline Pell
• JOHN LOWTON NEWMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Alicia White
• KERRY GWYTHER
• MICHAEL NEALE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nigel Daniel · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Cathryn Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORLD HORSE WELFARE.

• WORLD HORSE WELFARE income £11.1m
• THE HORSE TRUST income £2.3m
• HORSE RESCUE FUND income £102k
• THE NEXT CHAPTER HORSE RESCUE income £73k
• HILDA FLORENCE HOLMES TRUST income £22k
• HERE4HORSES income £90k

Side by side with its peers

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