NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES

Registered charity 1165357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects are to relieve the suffering of former racehorses in need of care and attention by providing and maintaining a rescue home or other facilities, and to promote humane behaviour towards them by providing care, protection, treatment and security where in need by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to educate the public in these matters.

Objects

(1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF RACEHORSES IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A RESCUE HOME OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS.(2) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS RACEHORSES BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR RACEHORSES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £71,513 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total income rising to £413,842 from £266,937 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £51,541, a negative figure attributed to a long-term loan from trustees and deferred income, while the charity maintains a reserves policy target of £25,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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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 31/01/2022 (received 10/01/2023, 41 days after the 30/11/2022 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 — New Beginnings 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).

• Godolphin — “We hugely value our partnership with Godolphin and appreciate the support they give to our community work which brings so much joy to so man…” (source page)
• British Horse Feeds — “Today, British Horse Feeds continues to generously support New Beginnings and the wellbeing of every horse in our care.” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• PAMELA MICHELLE ATKINSONchair
• GRAHAM ORANGE
• KEVIN ATKINSON
• Lauren Storm Bollons · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL SHINNERS

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES.

• RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES income £2.5m
• HOPTON REHAB & HOMING CENTRE income £327k
• BRANSBY HORSES income £8.3m
• RACEHORSE RELIEF income £307k
• RACEHORSE TRAINERS BENEVOLENT FUND income £71k
• HORSE RESCUE FUND income £102k

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