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THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY

Registered charity 220756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain the purity of the breed known as the Suffolk horse and to promote the breeding of the same and matters relating thereto.

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

Latest income
£196k
Latest spending
£233k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £1,528,667, an increase from the previous year's £1,509,120. The trustees report that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required attention. The charity received a grant of £31,000 from the Horserace Betting Levy Board and augmented it by twenty percent from its own resources.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £7,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“Mr A Hawes has received fees of £7,000 for accounting services during the year (2024: £3,500). No other trustee or any person connected with them received any remuneration in the year.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mr A Hawes received £7,000 for accounting services; £3,737 reimbursed for expenses.
“17. Trustee remuneration and expenses Mr A Hawes has received fees of £7,000 for accounting services during the year (2024: £3,500). No other trustee or any person connected with them received any remuneration in the year. The charity paid a total of £3,737 to Trustees as a reimbursement of expenses during the year.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants paid to trustees
“16. Related Parties During the year, the charity made grants to the following persons who are trustees of the charity: 2024 2025 645 605 MrJ Fleming 1,325 3,125 Mr FA Kinge 1,048 3,833 Mr B McKim 1,115 2,786 Mr G Pratt 2,087 1,650 MrsA Hoskins 625 690 Mr P Smith 950 1,690 MrsJ Groom 815 650 MrJ Latham 20 0 Mr C Spalding 0 200 Mrs G Sprake 0 400 MrsJ Turner” — page 14
“17. Trustee remuneration and expenses Mr A Hawes has received fees of £7,000 for accounting services during the year (2024: £3,500). No other trustee or any person connected with them received any remuneration in the year.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration for accounting services
“16. Related Parties During the year, the charity made grants to the following persons who are trustees of the charity: 2024 2025 645 605 MrJ Fleming 1,325 3,125 Mr FA Kinge 1,048 3,833 Mr B McKim 1,115 2,786 Mr G Pratt 2,087 1,650 MrsA Hoskins 625 690 Mr P Smith 950 1,690 MrsJ Groom 815 650 MrJ Latham 20 0 Mr C Spalding 0 200 Mrs G Sprake 0 400 MrsJ Turner” — page 14
“17. Trustee remuneration and expenses Mr A Hawes has received fees of £7,000 for accounting services during the year (2024: £3,500). No other trustee or any person connected with them received any remuneration in the year.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Total income
£523k
Total spending
£208k
Cost of raising funds
£46k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~103.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£196k£233k
31/12/2024£523k£208k
31/12/2023£188k£188k
31/12/2022£372k£225k
31/12/2021£278k£169k

Common questions

Is THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £1,528,667, an increase from the previous year's £1,509,120. The trustees report that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required attention. The charity received a grant of £31,000 from the Horserace Betting Levy Board and augmented it by twenty percent from its own resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £7,000 band.

Who funds THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION, THE ALBORADA TRUST, CHADACRE AGRICULTURAL TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£304k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£130kGrant - making programme
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATIONFY2024£117k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£100k
THE ALBORADA TRUSTFY2022£25k
THE ALBORADA TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
CHADACRE AGRICULTURAL TRUSTFY2022£9kAgricultural Education
The Trevor Hemmings FoundationFY2022£5k
The Trevor Hemmings FoundationFY2023£5kOther grants
FELIX THORNLEY COBBOLD AGRICULTURAL TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kGrant - making programme

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/02/2015£86k"Tracing the future: exploring the heritage of the Suffolk Punch"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/10/2012£10k"Working Horses, Working Lives: sharing our stories of the Suffolk Punch"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Wavertree Education Trust Limited1£261k
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES1£177k
THE RACING FOUNDATION1£151k
COLONEL W H WHITBREAD CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY£196k£7,0000unclear—no doubt
THE SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY FY2025£595k—0unclear—no doubt
HORSES AND PONIES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
HOPTON REHAB & HOMING CENTRE FY2025£327kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
SUFFOLK NATURALISTS' SOCIETY FY2025£438k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUFFOLK PUNCH TRUST FY2024£497k—0unclear—not going concern

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