THE HORSEFERRY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1189723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Activities include the advancement of education, and the protection and conservation of the environment for the benefit of children and young people. This is achieved through making grants to organisations, sponsoring and undertaking research. The charity operates in England, Wales and Switzerland.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND(B) THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH FACILITATING RESEARCH INTO REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND OTHER TOXINS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND SEA (THE RESULTS OF WHICH ARE PUBLICLY DISSEMINATED).

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £3,078,145 to £2,706,844 due to a net expenditure of £371,301, largely driven by a £244,547 loss on investments. The charity maintains sufficient reserves to meet liabilities, with a policy to maintain enough funds to ensure it can meet its obligations. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified by the independent examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (71% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Justine Markovitz Bordenave
• Stephen Clive Langford Gibbons
• Su Li

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

Operates in: Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED income £681k
• THE FFOREST UCHAF HORSE AND PONY REHABILITATION CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST income £130k
• HORSE RESCUE FUND income £102k
• THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION income £632k
• HORSES AND PONIES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• HERE4HORSES income £90k

Side by side with its peers

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