INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EQUITATION SCIENCE

Registered charity 1176401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Mission of ISES is to promote and encourage the application of objective research and advanced practice which will ultimately improve the welfare of horses in their associations with humans.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EQUITATION SCIENCE* AND PRACTICE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE TRAINING OF HORSES TO ENHANCE HORSE WELFARE AND IMPROVE THE HORSE–RIDER RELATIONSHIP AND THE DISSEMINATION OF SUCH RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC;2. APPLYING VALID, QUANTITATIVE SCIENTIFIC METHODS TO CREATE EVIDENCE-BASED MEASURES TO INFORM EQUESTRIAN PRACTICES; AND3. RAISING AWARENESS OF EQUINE LEARNING THEORY AND ITS CURRENT APPLICATION.*EQUITATION SCIENCE PROMOTES AN OBJECTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF THE WELFARE OF HORSES DURING TRAINING AND COMPETITION BY APPLYING VALID, QUANTITATIVE SCIENTIFIC METHODS THAT CAN IDENTIFY WHAT TRAINING TECHNIQUES ARE INEFFECTIVE OR MAY RESULT IN EQUINE SUFFERING.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £19,311 for the year ended April 30, 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £41,994. The Trustees consider these reserves adequate and state that no formal level of reserves is required because grants are only made when available funds exist and there are no liabilities to make grants. The accounts confirm the charity is a going concern with a healthy net asset position.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Caleigh Copelin
• Dr Cathrynne Charlotte Henshall
• Dr Ella Bradshaw-Wiley
• Dr Katherine Helen Fenner
• Dr Katrina Merkies

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Austria · Bahrain · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · Chile · Croatia · Czech Republic · Denmark · Egypt

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