THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY

Registered charity 210504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BHS · also registered in Scotland as SC038516 (OSCR)

The British Horse Society works for horses and riders in the UK and abroad. Focusing on horse welfare, horse and rider safety, access and rights of way, training and approving livery yards and riding schools. The Society promotes community participation in healthy recreation involving the horse, at both competition and grass roots level.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £(873,000) for the year, resulting in consolidated unrestricted reserves of £5,437,000. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is within the acceptable operating range of £5.0 million to £6.5 million identified in their reserves policy. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern through at least December 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Horse Society (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 3.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Silcockchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Hare
• Lucy Grieve
• Nicola Suzanne Greenwood
• Philip Andrew Stennett
• Sally McCarthy
• Samantha Claire Gregory
• Sarah Spencer-Williams
• Susan Griffin
• Victoria Hillier

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

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH RIDING SCHOOLS.

• ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH RIDING SCHOOLS income £153k
• THE SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY income £595k
• THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED income £681k
• SPORT HORSE BREEDING OF GREAT BRITAIN income £292k
• BRITISH DRESSAGE income £5.6m
• THE HORSE TRUST income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.