ESSEX HORSE AND PONY PROTECTION SOCIETY

Registered charity 297893 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E H P P S

To promote equine welfare and, in particular to take all appropriate measures to protect equines from cruelty & neglect. To prevent suffering & to take equines in care for rehabilitation where necessary.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANIMAL WELFARE AND IN PARTICULAR TO TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PROTECT EQUINE FROM CRUELTY AND PREVENT THE INFLICTION OF SUFFERING AND WHERE NECESSARY TO TAKE EQUINE INTO CARE FOR REHABILITATION.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £97,129 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £332,368 to £235,239. The trustees consider the charity's finances to be strong and state their policy is to maintain adequate funding for a minimum of three months. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Leigh Perrychair
• Aisha Stewart
• Brenda Susan Treadgold
• Deborah Platt
• JOANNE ELIZABETH HILL

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · City Of London · Essex · Havering · Hertfordshire · Kent · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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