THE INTERNATIONAL EQUINE REPRODUCTION TRUST

Registered charity 278254 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IER TRUST

Organises International Symposium on Equine Reproduction

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION CONCERNING ANIMAL REPRODUCTION OF ALL KINGS AND IN PARTICULAR THE REPRODUCTION OF UNGULATES.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Get email alerts

Latest income

£12k

Latest spending

£83k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources increased to £128,588 in 2024, resulting in a net movement in funds of £118,355. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (free funds) stood at £347,521, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover ongoing expenditure and generate future income for charitable objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to generate an income that enables them to support trainees to attend the ISER Symposium (approximately £25,000 every 4 years), as well as the annual running costs of the Trust (held: £348k)

“The Trustees ensure there are sufficient reserves to generate an income that enables them to support trainees to attend the ISER Symposium (approximately £25,000 every 4 years), as well as the annual running costs of the Trust such as web site updates and hosting, accounting services and secretariat costs.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Investment

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID JOHN DUGDALE MA Vet MB
Dr James Robert Crabtree FRCVS · trustee of 1 other charity
Prof AMANDA MARJORIE de MESTRE BVSc PhD
Prof TOM ARJUN EDGAR STOUT
RICHARD ERIC STANLEY GREENWOOD MA VETMB · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£12k	£83k
30/11/2024	£129k	£6k
30/11/2023	£65k	£118k
30/11/2022	£118k	£32k
30/11/2021	£3k	£19k

Common questions

Is THE INTERNATIONAL EQUINE REPRODUCTION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources increased to £128,588 in 2024, resulting in a net movement in funds of £118,355. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (free funds) stood at £347,521, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover ongoing expenditure and generate future income for charitable objectives. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	2	£125k
SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£35k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£10k
The Wavertree Education Trust Limited	1	£261k
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY	1	£258k
THE RACING FOUNDATION	1	£151k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£85k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	1	£50k

Charities like this

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

THE HORSE TRUST income £2.3m
ASSIST TRUST income £1.4m
BEAUFORT COTTAGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £215k
HORSEWORLD TRUST income £1.2m
Reach Equine and Outdoor Therapy income £245k
The Wavertree Education Trust Limited income £490k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE INTERNATIONAL EQUINE REPRODUCTION TRUST	£12k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HORSE TRUST FY2025	£2.3m	£120,000 - £130,000	—	below	—	no doubt
ASSIST TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEAUFORT COTTAGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£215k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HORSEWORLD TRUST FY2024	£1.2m	£70,001 - £80,000	2	below	21.6%	no doubt
Reach Equine and Outdoor Therapy FY2025	£245k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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