SAVING ABANDONED FLY-GRAZING EQUINES

Registered charity 1172769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFE

To support and advise local landowners to legally rescue and re-home abandoned and neglected horses in the Berkshire and Surrey area.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF HORSES IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN THE BERKSHIRE AND SURREY AREA BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A RESCUE HOME FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS UNTIL THEY ARE HEALTHY AND SUITABLE FOR REHOMING.

Area of benefit: IN THE BERKSHIRE AND SURREY AREA

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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Latest income
£192k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £17,250 for the year ended 5th April 2025, with total income of £191,898 and total expenditure of £174,648. The trustees note that funding is the main risk to the charity due to economic instability and reliance on supporter generosity. Net assets increased from £8,336 to £25,586 over the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Trustees feel that the main risk to the charity is funding. Economic instability increases competition for donations, and we remain reliant on supporter generosity.”
Per its FY2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Hampshire · Reading · Slough · Surrey · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/05/2025£192k£175k
05/05/2024£139k£140k
05/05/2023£120k£112k
05/05/2022£121k£130k
05/05/2021£99k£90k

Common questions

Is SAVING ABANDONED FLY-GRAZING EQUINES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £17,250 for the year ended 5th April 2025, with total income of £191,898 and total expenditure of £174,648. The trustees note that funding is the main risk to the charity due to economic instability and reliance on supporter generosity. Net assets increased from £8,336 to £25,586 over the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARE AND FOAL SANCTUARY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAVING ABANDONED FLY-GRAZING EQUINES£192k—0unclear—noted
THE MARE AND FOAL SANCTUARY FY2025£6.0m——unclear—no doubt
HORSES AND PONIES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
HOPTON REHAB & HOMING CENTRE FY2025£327kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
WHITE HORSE STABLES-HORSE RESCUE FY2025£920k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FFOREST UCHAF HORSE AND PONY REHABILITATION CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt

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