FRIENDS OF THE DARTMOOR HILL PONY

Registered charity 1141045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion, welfare and protection of the DARTMOOR HILL PONY. Increasing the public awareness through education. Maintaining the bio diversity of the moor and protecting the ponies future. Improving pony health and fertility management. Leading to better managed and more productive commons.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE:TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE AS A SPECIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE NATIVE PONIES OF DARTMOOR; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE DARTMOOR HILL PONY BREED AND ITS ENVIRONMENT

Area of benefit: DEVON

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £3,758.44 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net surplus of £9,758.44 after capital expenditure. The closing unrestricted reserves (represented by bank and PayPal balances less creditors) total £3,064.67, which is a decrease from the previous year's closing balance of £12,823.11.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 29/03/2025, 57 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of the Dartmoor Hill Pony (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLYN ANNE OWEN
• CHARLOTTE ANN FAULKNER
• Christopher Fleet
• MELANIE BARRETT
• Stuart Houghton · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY.

• THE NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY income £669k
• THE EXMOOR PONY SOCIETY income £66k
• THE DALES PONY SOCIETY income £55k
• THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST income £109k
• DARTMOOR PONY HERITAGE TRUST income £93k
• HILDA FLORENCE HOLMES TRUST income £22k

Side by side with its peers

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