The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Retraining of Race Horses

Registered charity 1084787 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 8General Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 18Finance 13Other services 5

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

30.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 51.5 in 2020

15 from 7 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteror.org.uk
EmailRoRAdmin@britishhorseracing.com
Phone02071520142
AddressRetraining of Racehorses, 7th Floor, Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A 1AN

Finances

£1,280,310 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£760,323£1,070,780
2021£1,042,809£1,053,451
2022£1,025,304£1,418,242
2023£1,327,358£1,730,463
2024£1,280,310£1,708,323

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesAnimals

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND REHABILITATION OF RACEHORSES AND FORMER RACEHORSES WHICH ARE UNWANTED OR VULNERABLE TO ABANDONMENT, ABUSE, MISUSE OR NEGLECT, OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY MEANS OF RETRAINING AND REHOUSING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/10/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/01/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/04/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/07/2012

Trustees (8)

8trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Retraining of Racehorses · 04089376 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/10/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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