THE NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY

Registered charity 240751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's objects are to promote the interests of pony breeding and to encourage the use and protection of ponies. To promote and facilitate the acquisition and distribution of the knowledge of the various arts and sciences connected with the pony and the use and management thereof.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF PONY BREEDING AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE AND PROTECTION OF PONIES. (2) TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VARIOUS ARTS AND SCIENCES CONNECTED WITH THE PONY AND THE USE AND MANAGEMENT THEREOF. (FOR ANCILLARY OBJECTS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £34,635 for the year ended 31 October 2025, closing with total unrestricted funds of £943,249. The Trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring a general reserve equivalent to 75% of annual fund expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds significantly exceed this target. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00077583

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Baileys Horse Feeds — “2027 NPS/Baileys Horse Feeds M&M WHP EIHS Qua” (source page)
• Cases Ltd — “Press Release – Cases Ltd/ NPS Pendley Supreme In Hand Championship” (source page)
• Agria — “National Pony Society and Agria Royal International Horse Show launch exciting” (source page)

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.

• WILLIAMS, Brian — director, appointed 21/02/2026on trustee list
• JAMES, Janet Mary — director, appointed 21/02/2026on trustee list
• NIMMO, Marie-Claire — director, appointed 21/02/2026on trustee list
• WEBB, Jacqueline Simone Patricia — director, appointed 21/02/2025on trustee list
• EVANS, Catherine — director, appointed 15/02/2025on trustee list
• CALVERT, Angela — director, appointed 15/02/2025on trustee list
• ADAMS, Dan Michael — director, appointed 17/02/2024on trustee list
• BARSOUM-ALLEN, Lisa Ann — director, appointed 17/02/2024on trustee list
• PALMER, Sue Margaret — director, appointed 18/02/2023on trustee list
• HARFORTH, Jerome — director, appointed 18/02/2023on trustee list
• KEMBER, Angela Jane — director, appointed 19/02/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.7 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 (60% 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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Calvert
• Angela Jane Kember
• Brian Williams
• Catherine Evans
• Dan Michael Adams
• JACQUELINE SIMONE PATRICIA WEBB
• Janet Mary James
• Jerome Harforth
• Lisa Ann Barsoum-Allen
• MARIE-CLAIRE NIMMO
• MARTIN RICHARD JONES
• Paul Christopher Davis
• Philip Malcom Alder
• Sue Margaret Palmer

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

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

Income and spending

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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.

Charities like this

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

• THE PONY CLUB income £13.8m
• THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST income £109k
• THE SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY income £595k
• HORSES AND PONIES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• WELSH PONY AND COB SOCIETY income £642k
• HOPTON REHAB & HOMING CENTRE income £327k

Side by side with its peers

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