Racing Homes

Registered charity 1122961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE STABLE LAD'S WELFARE TRUST HOUSING ASSOCATION LIMITED

Provision of affordable housing principally for those working in, or retired from, the horseracing and thoroughbred breeding industry.

Objects

TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING HOUSING AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS ANDTO PROVIDE FOR AGED PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, SUFFOLK, BERKSHIRE AND SUSSEX.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a decrease in total income to £1,402.6k, primarily due to a reduction in restricted grants, while expenditure fell to £1,252.5k, resulting in a net income surplus of £150.1k. Free reserves stood at £681.6k, which exceeds the stated policy target of £450k, and the charity holds total reserves of £12.7m. The trustees confirmed the charity has sufficient funds to continue operations for at least three years, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).
• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Jockey Club — “The Jockey Club Official Charity” (source page)
• 4Racing — “4Racing Charity Partner” (source page)
• Arena Racing Company — “Arena Racing Company Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• Arabian Racing Organisation — “Arabian Racing Organisation Charity Partner” (source page)
• Ascot Racecourse Supports — “Ascot Racecourse Supports Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• Bedmax — “Bedmax Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• Betfair — “Betfair Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• Careers in Racing — “Careers in Racing Charity Partner” (source page)
• CNG Switch — “CNG Switch Corporate Partner” (source page)
• European Bloodstock News — “European Bloodstock News Media Partner” (source page)
• Fielding and Nicholson — “Fielding and Nicholson” (source page)
• Global Group Racing — “Global Group Racing Charity Partnership” (source page)
• Godolphin — “Godolphin Corporate Partner” (source page)
• Goffs UK — “Goffs UK Sponsorship Partner” (source page)
• The Good Racing Co — “The Good Racing Co Charity Partner” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 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 ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eileen Jordan
• JOHN WILLIAM MARSHALL BARLOW
• Nicholas William Ayrton Bannister · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIMON RICHARD HOPE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Stockley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Nicholas William Ayrton Bannister — trustee here and at RACING WELFARE

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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 RACING WELFARE.

• RACING WELFARE income £5.5m
• RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES income £2.5m
• RACEHORSE TRAINERS BENEVOLENT FUND income £71k
• National Horseracing College Limited income £3.9m
• NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES income £414k
• THE ROUS CHARITY income £98k

Side by side with its peers

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