Strength & Learning Through Horses

Registered charity 1159326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEARNING THROUGH HORSES

Strength & Learning Through Horses has a primary purpose to promote the mental wellbeing and education (including social and physical training) of people who are not in education or training (NEETS), those at risk of becoming NEET and people with learning difficulties.

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Latest income

£867k

Latest spending

£791k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves totalled £176,439, which is below the charity's stated policy target of 3.5 months of operating costs. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Two employees (2024: one employee) earned between £60,000 and £70,000 during the current year.” — page 44

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“Two employees (2024: one employee) earned between £60,000 and £70,000 during the current year.” — page 44

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 3.5 months of operating costs (held: £176k)

“The charity aims to hold 3.5 months of reserves.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Strength & Learning Through Horses (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

Together Fund — “Equine assisted therapy centre in London uses Together Fund to encourage participation in equestrianism.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£867k

Total spending

£791k

Cost of raising funds

£35k

Reserves (reported)

£176k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Cooper
Diana Chen
HINRICH CHRISTIAN TESTORF
Ketan Motwani
Lucille Balcombe
Niva Thiruchelvam
Olivia Pay
ROXANE CAPLAN
Rebecca Graham
Sue Scarf

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£867k	£791k
31/08/2024	£739k	£684k
31/08/2023	£741k	£554k
31/08/2022	£539k	£484k
31/08/2021	£382k	£390k

Common questions

Is Strength & Learning Through Horses financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves totalled £176,439, which is below the charity's stated policy target of 3.5 months of operating costs. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of Strength & Learning Through Horses earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds Strength & Learning Through Horses?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Strength & Learning Through Horses as a grant recipient include THE CHIMO TRUST CIO, THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST, THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHIMO TRUST CIO	FY2023	£170k	Operations manager for equine assisted therapy programme
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£40k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k	Grants approved
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE)	FY2022	£2k	Support for newly arrived Farsi-speaking families to help them integrate and a lunch club for isolated older people from that community.
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
Royal Warrant Holders' Charity	FY2022	£1k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/07/2024	£625k	Changing Young Londoners Lives Through Horses
UK government	01/04/2023	£2k	Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18
London Borough of Barnet	14/01/2021	£3k	Grant to Learning Through Horses
London Borough of Barnet	12/10/2020	£3k	Grant to Learning Through Horses
London Borough of Barnet	08/01/2020	£3k	Grant to Learning Through Horses
The Mercers' Company	12/02/2019	£40k	Grant to Learning Through Horses
London Borough of Barnet	14/09/2016	£4k	Grant to Learning Through Horses
London Borough of Barnet	08/09/2016	£2k	Grant to Learning Through Horses

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	3	£244k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	3	£173k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£18k
SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£40k
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES	1	£177k
THE RACING FOUNDATION	1	£54k
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation	1	£29k
BETTY PHILLIPS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED.

THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED income £681k
HORSEWORLD TRUST income £1.2m
NEWHAM RIDING SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £538k
THEHORSECOURSE income £19k
NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES income £414k
DIGSWELL PLACE GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION income £155k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Strength & Learning Through Horses	£867k	£60,001 - £70,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED FY2025	£681k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HORSEWORLD TRUST FY2024	£1.2m	£70,001 - £80,000	2	below	21.6%	no doubt
NEWHAM RIDING SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£538k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THEHORSECOURSE FY2025	£19k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES FY2025	£414k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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