CECIL'S HORSE SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1167523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CECILS HORSE SANCTUARY

For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of equines, who may be old, neglected, abandoned or otherwise, in need of care and attention, and in particular to provide and maintain rescue homes and other facilities for the homing, care and treatment of such equines.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF EQUINES WHO MAY BE OLD, NEGLECTED ABANDONED OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE HOMING, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH EQUINES

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds no unrestricted funds and has a negative balance of £20,487 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees note that reserves are below their stated aim of holding at least £1,000, and the charity relies heavily on voluntary support to continue its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 03/02/2025, 3 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 21/05/2024, 111 days after the 31/01/2024 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 — Cecil's Horse Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JULIE BLAKEchair
• Elenna Sturman
• THOMAS BLAKE

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEXT CHAPTER HORSE RESCUE.

• THE NEXT CHAPTER HORSE RESCUE income £73k
• ROLEYSTONE HORSE AND PONY SANCTUARY income £28k
• THE MILL HOUSE ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £110k
• ALBERT'S HORSE SANCTUARY income £88k
• HORSE RESCUE FUND income £102k
• ELISE PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £60k

Side by side with its peers

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