WELSH PONY AND COB SOCIETY

Registered charity 222014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The preservation and promotion of Welsh Ponies and Cobs, including Education and Welfare

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £2,169,696, an increase from the previous year's £1,962,896. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £183,519 for the year, driven by investment gains and operational surpluses, while maintaining a prudent investment portfolio.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01017832
• Trading subsidiary: WPCS TRADING LTD. Companies House 02946610 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JENNINGS, Rose Madeleine — director, appointed 28/03/2026on trustee list
• HADLEY, Janine Susan — director, appointed 05/04/2025on trustee list
• RUTHERFORD, Peter Thomas — director, appointed 06/04/2024on trustee list
• FELL, Ceri — director, appointed 06/04/2024on trustee list
• PITTMAN, Richard James — director, appointed 06/04/2024on trustee list
• THOMAS, Geraint Wyn — director, appointed 06/04/2024on trustee list
• KIRK, John Thomas — director, appointed 06/04/2024on trustee list
• LEWIS, Philip James Lloyd — director, appointed 06/04/2024on trustee list
• HOOK, Tracy — director, appointed 01/11/2023on trustee list
• DAVIES, Mervyn John — director, appointed 08/04/2023on trustee list
• WATERS, David Martin — director, appointed 11/12/2021on trustee list
• BASSETT-BURR, Gemma-Jayne — secretary, appointed 10/11/2023

Official officers record.

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 ~45.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ceri Fell
• David Martin Waters
• Geraint Wyn Thomas
• Janine Susan Hadley
• John Thomas Kirk
• Margaretta Ann Bigley Mrs
• Mervyn John Davies
• Peter Thomas Rutherford
• Philip James Lloyd Lewis
• Richard James Pittman
• Tracy Hook

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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

Charities like this

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

• THE NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY income £669k
• THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST income £109k
• WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED income £1.2m
• HORSES AND PONIES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• THE FFOREST UCHAF HORSE AND PONY REHABILITATION CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST income £130k
• NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WALES 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.