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Registered charity · Bristol

Horseworld Trust

Horseworld Trust is a registered charity (number 1121920) based in Bristol, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Leslie Barbara Dillingham since 2018. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Home of Rest for Horses, Horse World, Horseworld, Horseworld Welfare, Rest Home for Horses (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £1.1m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.horseworld.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Horseworld Trust
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.1m£2.6m
  • 2024£1.2m£2.3m
  • 2023£2.2m£2.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.7m£2.2m
  • 2021£1.4m£1.9m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

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.

Grants received

5 grants · £67,739 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Westminster Foundation £20,0002023-04-20
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002022-07-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9952021-02-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,2082018-10-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,5362011-10-27
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.

11 trustees on the board

7.4y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

21y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

11
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 11Animals 10Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 2Economic/community Development/employment 1

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

Professional services 14Arts and leisure 4Construction 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.2m 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.

9.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2020

51 from 42 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1121920
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 AUG 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 DEC 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 FEB 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 DEC 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 DEC 2016
Companies House
Company number 06353944 · Active
Contact on the register
01275832425 · info@horseworld.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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