THE RACING FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£1.2m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£2.8m

Accounts grants total

£2.7m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Credited as a funder by

Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

RACING INDUSTRY ACCIDENT BENEFIT SCHEME “Supported by the Racing Foundation”
HEROS “With support from The Racing Foundation and our many other partners, HEROS is proud of the individual care offered to bo”

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (12 grantees)
Animals (4 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (4 grantees)
Disability (3 grantees)
Amateur Sport (3 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (3 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (3 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (2 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (7 grantees)
Scotland (5 grantees)
Suffolk (4 grantees)
Cambridgeshire (2 grantees)
Doncaster (1 grantee)
Essex (1 grantee)
Chile (1 grantee)
Honduras (1 grantee)
Cuba (1 grantee)
Haiti (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	Horse Welfare Board	—	£770k
new	British Horseracing Authority/Social Impact	—	£209k
new	British Horseracing Authority/Environmental Sustainability	—	£189k
new	National Trainers Federation	—	£127k
new	Great British Racing	—	£100k
new	RACING WELFARE	—	£70k
new	York Racehorse Knavesmere LLP	—	£30k
new	Urban Equestrian Academy	—	£30k
up	Industry People Board	£122k	£584k
up	THE CONCUSSION FOUNDATION	£20k	£125k
down	National Horseracing College Limited	£98k	£45k
up	Apiafi Associates	£16k	£40k
up	Autism in Racing	£9k	£25k
down	British Horseracing Authority	£124k	£10k
not listed	Retraining of Racehorses	£321k	—
not listed	Scottish Racing	£319k	—
not listed	Women in Racing	£117k	—
not listed	THE NATIONAL HORSERACING MUSEUM	£60k	—
not listed	The Urban Equestrian Academy	£44k	—
not listed	THE RACING CENTRE LTD	£36k	—
not listed	THE NEWMARKET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£35k	—
not listed	$21	£21k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Horse Welfare Board	FY2025	£770k	Equine Welfare
Industry People Board	FY2025	£584k	Racing's People
British Horseracing Authority/Social Impact	FY2025	£209k	ESG
Horserace Betting Levy Board	FY2025	£200k	Equine Welfare
British Horseracing Authority/Environmental Sustainability	FY2025	£189k	ESG
National Trainers Federation	FY2025	£127k	Racing's People
The Concussion Foundation	FY2025	£125k	Racing's People
Riding A Dream Academy	FY2025	£112k	ESG
Great British Racing	FY2025	£100k	ESG
Racing Welfare	FY2025	£70k	Racing's People
National Horseracing College	FY2025	£45k	Racing's People
National Horseracing College	FY2025	£42k	Equine Welfare
Apiafi Associates	FY2025	£40k	Racing's People
York Racehorse Knavesmere LLP	FY2025	£30k	ESG
Urban Equestrian Academy	FY2025	£30k	Racing's People
New Beginnings	FY2025	£29k	Equine Welfare
Greatwood Charity	FY2025	£29k	ESG
Racing to School	FY2025	£25k	ESG
Autism in Racing	FY2025	£25k	ESG
Apiafi Associates	FY2025	£18k	ESG
Equine Assisted Services Partnership	FY2025	£15k	Equine Welfare
Racehorse Rescue Centre	FY2025	£13k	Equine Welfare
British Horseracing Authority	FY2025	£10k	Racing's People
Reach Community Projects	FY2025	£10k	Racing's People
Retraining of Racehorses	FY2024	£321k	Equine
Scottish Racing	FY2024	£319k	People
Horserace Betting Levy Board	FY2024	£200k	Equine
British Horseracing Authority	FY2024	£124k	Environment and Emerging Issues
Industry People Board	FY2024	£122k	People
Women in Racing	FY2024	£117k	People
Riding A Dream Academy	FY2024	£112k	Community Engagement
National Horseracing College	FY2024	£98k	People
British Horseracing Authority	FY2024	£85k	People
National Horseracing Museum	FY2024	£60k	Community Engagement
The Urban Equestrian Academy	FY2024	£44k	Community Engagement
The Racing Centre	FY2024	£36k	Community Engagement
Newmarket Charitable Foundation	FY2024	£35k	People
$21	FY2024	£21k	Equine
The Concussion Foundation	FY2024	£20k	People
Jo Foster Racing	FY2024	£20k	Community Engagement
Racing to School	FY2024	£19k	Community Engagement
Apiafi Associates	FY2024	£16k	Community Engagement
The British Racing School	FY2024	£11k	Environment and Emerging Issues
Autism in Racing	FY2024	£9k	Community Engagement
Horse Welfare Board	FY2023	£880k	Equine
Professional Jockeys Association	FY2023	£383k	People
Horserace Betting Levy Board	FY2023	£319k	Equine
National Horseracing Museum	FY2023	£270k	Community Engagement
Racing Together	FY2023	£214k	Community Engagement
Jockey Club	FY2023	£200k	Environment and Emerging Issues
National Horseracing Museum	FY2023	£200k	Community Engagement
National Horseracing College (Formerly, Northern Racing College)	FY2023	£153k	People
Stable Carbon Ltd	FY2023	£124k	Environment and Emerging Issues
British Horseracing Authority	FY2023	£124k	Community Engagement
HEROS	FY2023	£113k	Equine
Future Proof Purpose CIC	FY2023	£113k	Community Engagement
Racing Welfare	FY2023	£107k	People
British Horseracing Authority	FY2023	£100k	People
British Horseracing Authority	FY2023	£87k	Environment and Emerging Issues
Great British Racing	FY2023	£87k	Community Engagement
The Concussion Foundation	FY2023	£84k	People
Jo Foster Racing	FY2023	£80k	Community Engagement
Durham University	FY2023	£53k	People
Women In Racing	FY2023	£53k	People
Princes Trust	FY2023	£46k	People
Apiafi Associates	FY2023	£35k	Community Engagement
The British Racing School	FY2023	£30k	Environment and Emerging Issues
Racing to School	FY2023	£30k	Community Engagement
World Horse Welfare	FY2023	£25k	Environment and Emerging Issues
Greatwood Charity	FY2023	£25k	Community Engagement
National Association of Racing Staff	FY2023	£24k	People
Industry People Board	FY2023	£20k	People
Scottish Racing	FY2023	£20k	People
The British Racing School	FY2023	£20k	People
Urban Equestrian Academy	FY2023	£19k	Community Engagement
Urban Equestrian Academy	FY2023	£19k	People
Horseracing Betting Levy Board	FY2023	£18k	People
Riding a Dream Academy	FY2023	£11k	Community Engagement
Racing Centre	FY2022	£3.4m	Community Engagement
Racecourse Association	FY2022	£3.1m	Equine
Horseracing Betting Levy Board	FY2022	£3.0m	People
Horserace Betting Levy Board	FY2022	£3.0m	Equine
British Horseracing Authority	FY2022	£3.0m	People
Princes Trust	FY2022	£3.0m	People
Racehorse relief fund (Racehorse Owners Association)	FY2022	£1.0m	Equine
Racing to School	FY2022	£974k	Community Engagement
National Trainers Federation	FY2022	£510k	Community Engagement
Concussion Foundation	FY2022	£370k	People
Professional Jockeys Association	FY2022	£309k	People
Riding a Dream Academy	FY2022	£274k	Community Engagement
HEROS	FY2022	£229k	Equine
Great British Racing	FY2022	£200k	Community Engagement
British Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre	FY2022	£150k	Equine
Newmarket Academy	FY2022	£147k	People
National Association of Racing Staff	FY2022	£123k	People
Rose Paterson Trust	FY2022	£116k	People
Thoroughbred Breeders Association	FY2022	£105k	People
Apiafi Associates	FY2022	£100k	Community Engagement
Horse Welfare Board	FY2022	£81k	Equine
National Horseracing Museum	FY2022	£75k	Community Engagement
Diversity in Racing Steering Group	FY2022	£57k	Community Engagement
Thoroughbred Breeders Association	FY2022	£46k	Environmental Sustainability
National Horseracing College (Formerly, Northern Racing College)	FY2022	£36k	People
Women in Racing	FY2022	£30k	People
Scottish Racing	FY2022	£28k	People
The British Racing School	FY2022	£19k	Environmental Sustainability
British Horseracing Authority	FY2022	£19k	Environmental Sustainability
Future Proof Purpose CIC	FY2022	£19k	Community Engagement
Racecourse Association	FY2022	£13k	Community Engagement
Racing Together	FY2022	£12k	Community Engagement
Urban Equestrian Academy	FY2022	£5k	Community Engagement
Racing Welfare	FY2022	£5k	People
Urban Equestrian Academy	FY2022	£5k	People
Exeter University	FY2022	£3k	People
Amateur Jockeys Association	FY2022	£1k	People
National Trainers Federation	FY2022	£1k	People

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 2847000 vs reference 2706000 (5.2% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.