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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Large legacies income: +2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HORSEWORLD TRUST 

Ensuring quality of life for horses ponies & donkeys by providing a healthy & secure future. Operating an effective rescue rehabilitation & rehoming programme actively promoting & encouranging responsible equine ownership. Supporting & working closely with local communities & organisations. Educating children with emotional behavioural & learning difficulties through our Discovery Programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £10,573,064 available, equivalent to 57 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£1,703£2,235£-532£492£10,762£10,57356.85370
31/12/21£1,381£1,933£-552£400£11,921£11,71472.75183
31/12/20£869£1,619£-750£337£11,686£11,46084.94230
31/12/19£1,472£1,504£-32£323£12,142£11,98095.63965
31/12/18£1,305£1,455£-151£391£11,373£11,274933766
31/12/17£800£1,212£-411£242£10,661£10,598105330
31/12/16£1,412£1,087£325£238£6,956£6,90976.3320
31/12/15£1,061£1,104£-44£276£6,562£6,51270.8270
31/12/14£1,324£1,137£186£217£6,664£6,61169.8270
31/12/13£1,175£1,713£-538£547£6,460£6,40044.8400
31/12/12£1,060£1,643£-584£854£5,361£5,30738.8430
31/12/11£1,061£1,709£-648£889£5,778£5,70940.1420
31/12/10£1,247£1,447£-200£717£6,364£6,30452.3400
31/12/09£1,334£1,438£-104£617£6,271£6,21251.8410
31/12/08£1,344£1,723£-379£780£5,942£5,88241460
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 34.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 56.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 4.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

www.horseworld.org.uk

info@horseworld.org.uk

01275832425

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for young people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 53 employees
  • 70 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 29/07/2022
HorseWorld’s Discovery Programme: Post-16 Provision
National Lottery Community Fund - Discovery equine-assisted early intervention - covid response
£9,995 19/02/2021
7
The organisation will provide a COVID-19 specific programme offering free equine assisted tailored courses supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people impacted through trauma to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Discovery at HorseWorld
£9,208 19/10/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver an equine based learning programme for children and young people with complex behavioural needs. The project aims to help users develop their responsibility and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-80
  • EMMALINE PELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Infrastructure Project Support
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/12/2007, number: 1121920
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/08/2007, number: 06353944
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

HORSEWORLD
DELMAR HALL
STAUNTON LANE
BRISTOL
BS14 0QL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE TO1. RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF HORSES, DONKEYS AND OTHER EQUINES (AND IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES OTHER ANIMALS) THAT ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION FOR ANY REASON INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE NEGLECTED OR UNWANTED THROUGH THE RESCUE, PROTECTION, TRAINING, REHABILITATION AND RE-HOMING OF SUCH ANIMALS;2. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS;3. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND MENTORING OF STUDENTS, YOUNG PERSONS AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS) THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES, WORK EXPERIENCE, ASSISTING WITH AND PROVIDING PLACEMENT SCHEMES AND TRAINING AND SUPPORTING SUCH INDIVIDUALS GENERALLY; AND4. PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR LOCAL ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE THROUGH THE CONSERVATION AND REGENERATION OF LOCAL LAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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