THE DEVON HORSE AND PONY SANCTUARY

Registered charity 280784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Devon Horse and Pony Sanctuary is dedicated to the care, of equines in need. We provide a loving home for equines to the end of their days and in appropriate cases will find the right loan home for the right animal. We also provide a permanent home for retired Police horses and other working equines. We will also take in emergency neglect cases and provide the appropriate care.

Objects

(A) TO EXPOSE, PREVENT AND RELIEVE CRUELTY TO HORSES AND PONIES (WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL HEREIN INCLUDE DONKEYS AND MULES) AND TO PROTECT THEM FROM UNNECESSARY SUFFERING AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR PROPER CARE AND TREATMENT AMONG THE PUBLIC (B) TO RELIEVE PAIN AND SUFFERING IN HORSES OR PONIES WHICH ARE FOR ANY REASON PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY UNFIT FOR WORK OR IN NEED OF CARE BY THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF A SANCTUARY OR SANCTUARIES, STABLING OR GRAZING OR BY THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE WORK SITUATIONS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SANCTUARY OR BY ARRANG-ING FOR THEIR PAINLESS DESTRUCTION OR BY ANY COMBINATION OF SUCH MEANS AS AFORESAID. (C) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, INFIRMITY AND DISABLEMENT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £28,903 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £789,493. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to meet obligations and that the financial position is satisfactory. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months of charitable expenditure.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Devon Horse & Pony Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROLAND EDWARD PHILLIPSchair
• Dr Alison Julie Stokes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Henwood

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

Operates in: Devon · France

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARE AND FOAL SANCTUARY.

• THE MARE AND FOAL SANCTUARY income £6.0m
• SHY LOWEN HORSE AND PONY SANCTUARY income £242k
• HORSES AND PONIES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST income £109k
• HOPTON REHAB & HOMING CENTRE income £327k
• CECIL'S HORSE SANCTUARY income £103k

Side by side with its peers

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