HORTICAP
Registered charity 517234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Providing training and education for adults with learning disabilities
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Horticap generated a surplus of £89,372 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £1,308,423 and total expenditure of £1,219,051. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £369,045, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months of core operating costs (£200,000). The Trustees and auditors confirm the entity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Other trading activities (67% of income)
“Other trading activities 881,344 - 881,344 1,266,105” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months of core operating costs, currently estimated at £200,000 (held: £369k)
“The Trustees have agreed that the target level of reserves should be 6 months of core operating costs, currently estimated at £200,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“In 2025, there were donations to the charity totalling £215 (2024: £140) from the Trustees. There were no other related party transactions in the current year or previous period.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Horticap (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Peter Hornby — Chair (source)
- Rob Bath — Deputy Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£687k
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (67% 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: 52.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Peter Hornbychair
- Alistair Garnett
- Jacqueline Louise Hall
- Nicola Diane Harris
- Richard James Marlow
- Robert Bath
- Robert John Darley Wilkins
- Wendy Donnan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: North Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HORTICAP financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Horticap generated a surplus of £89,372 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £1,308,423 and total expenditure of £1,219,051. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £369,045, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months of core operating costs (£200,000). The Trustees and auditors confirm the entity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.
Who funds HORTICAP?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HORTICAP as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN AND ST LUKE, BILTON, HARROGATE.
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