Registered charity · Lancaster
The British Thoroughbred Retraining Centre
- 7 trustees
- Income £551k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.thebtrc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Thoroughbred Retraining Centre Limited
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£551k£468k
- 2023£352k£402k
- 2022£447k£463k
Earlier years
- 2021£367k£519k
- 2020£530k£483k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CARE, REHABILITATION, RETRAINING AND REHOMING OF THOROUGHBRED RACE HORSES AND THE PROTECTION OF THOROUGHBRED RACE HORSES FROM SUFFERING AND CRUELTY.
Board analysis
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.
7 trustees on the board
- John Sexton Chair since 2015
- Barbara Bell
- Gordon Sidlow since 2025
- Michelle Metz
- Martin Collins since 2025
- Sarah Harbord since 2024
- Susan Scott since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- John Sexton Chair since 2015
- Susan Scott since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- John Sexton Chair since 2015
- Barbara Bell
- Gordon Sidlow since 2025
- Michelle Metz
- Martin Collins since 2025
- Sarah Harbord since 2024
- Susan Scott since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1089564
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 NOVEMBER 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 SEPTEMBER 2001 AND 16TH MARCH 2002 as amended on 18 Nov 2016 as amended on 06 Feb 2019 as amended on 29 Apr 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 04104341 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01524 812649 · enquiries@thetrc.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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