RACEHORSE RELIEF

Registered charity 1157554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The charity helps people who are struggling to care for ex-racehorses. We do this through support and education and, where this is not sufficient, we take in these horses for retraining and rehoming.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF RACEHORSES THAT ARE NEGLECTED AND UNWANTED AND IN PARTICULAR TO REHABILITATE, RETRAIN AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, REHOME SUCH ANIMALS. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE WELLBEING AND CORRECT MANAGEMENT OF FORMER RACEHORSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£307k
Latest spending
£151k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £163,112, though net assets were previously in a deficit position due to long-term liabilities. The trustees have assured that loans from trustees will not be repaid until reserves are rebuilt, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% of income)
“Donations and legacies 262,798” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 3

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£307k£151k
31/12/2023£228k£181k
31/12/2022£208k£219k
31/12/2021£112k£204k

Common questions

Is RACEHORSE RELIEF financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £163,112, though net assets were previously in a deficit position due to long-term liabilities. The trustees have assured that loans from trustees will not be repaid until reserves are rebuilt, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RACEHORSE RELIEF?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RACEHORSE RELIEF as a grant recipient include RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSESFY2025£7kGeneral/Unspecified
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSESFY2021£6kGrants and educational activities
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSESFY2022£2kVulnerable Horse Scheme / Retraining

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 RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RACEHORSE RELIEF£307k—0unclear—no doubt
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES FY2025£2.5m£120,001 - £130,0002unclear—no doubt
THE RACEHORSE SANCTUARY LTD FY2026£185k£21,6000unclear—no doubt
RACEHORSE TRAINERS BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£71k—0unclear—no doubt
BRANSBY HORSES FY2025£8.3m——unclear—no doubt
HORSE RESCUE FUND FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt

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