CREST FARM EQUINE CONNECTIONS

Registered charity 1191982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer high impact horse-powered interventions for hard to reach participants. Participants typically have multiple problems and live in difficult situations. The method used is a revolutionary approach to mental health/self-regulation with excellent evidence of positive outcomes. Participants are coached to become calm and focused by learning to communicate with specially trained horses.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY ENHANCING LIFE SKILLS OF SUCH PEOPLE (A) THROUGH INTERACTION WITH HORSES OR (B) BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PEOPLE AND THOSE SUPPORTING SUCH PEOPLE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £59,460 in income for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves held at £40,203. The trustees report that the charity has remained financially stable and demand for services has grown steadily.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julie Christine Boyerchair
• Josephine Clare McCullough
• Nicholas Martin Bolas
• Samantha Jane Irvine

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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