THE SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY

Registered charity 210619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q26459925

The Society's principle charitable objective is the improvement and promotion of English cart horses, more particularly the Shire horse and, to this end, maintaining a Stud Book in which are entered the names of all registered Shire horses complying with the conditions for the time being applied by the Society.

Objects

3. Objects3.1 The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit,:-3.1.1 to improve the breed and promote the breeding and use of English Cart Horses, more particularly the Shire Horse, and to this end to maintain a Stud Book and Grading Register in which are entered the names of all registered Shire Horses complying with conditions for the time being applied to the Charity; and3.1.2 to educate the public about the Shire Horse and the importance of preserving the breed and its heritage.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net funds increased by £28,699 to a total of £1,495,313, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,344,802. The Trustees maintain a prudent level of reserves in short-term cash deposits to protect against market volatility and irregular income fluctuations. The Society reports it is well placed to continue its charitable activities despite increasingly challenging prospects.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~30.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Soroko
• David Clarke
• Helen Maureen Thomas
• James Hick
• John Robinson
• Mary Foster · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Livesey

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY.

• THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY income £17.7m
• THE IRISH DRAUGHT HORSE SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) income £124k
• THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY income £196k
• RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES income £2.5m
• THE BELTEX SHEEP SOCIETY income £166k
• SHORTHORN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £104k

Side by side with its peers

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