Registered charity (CIO) · Totnes
Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship CIO
- 8 trustees
- Income £324k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Annie Tempest MEdTrustee · since 2023
- Deirdre Jane Ford BA,MSc,QSWTrustee · since 2017
- Fearn KenyonTrustee · since 2026
- Jane Margaret TurnerTrustee · since 2022
- Katharine Elisabeth Zoe DrescherTrustee · since 2026
- Sarah SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Susan Eileen PriceTrustee · since 2025
- Tania Beard BEdTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Animals
- Where
- Devon, Plymouth City, Torbay
- Website
- www.sironaequine.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£324k£243k
- 2024£234k£247k
- 2023£255k£222k
Earlier years
- 2022£192k£184k
- 2021£148k£158k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES OR DISADVANTAGES) BY PROVIDING EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPEUTIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT MAY ALSO INVOLVE OTHER ANIMALS (2) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL-USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALSIN SUB-CLAUSE (1), "EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES" WILL ENCOMPASS THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO STRUGGLE WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM OR SELF-CONFIDENCE, OR HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS OR IN REGULATING EMOTIONS (SUCH AS ANGER, ANXIETY AND SADNESS), OR WHO LACK EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND RESILIENCE. "DISADVANTAGES" WILL ENCOMPASS THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO EXPERIENCE SOCIAL OR EDUCATIONAL EXCLUSION OR LACK OF OPPORTUNITY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FACTORS SUCH AS SOCIO-ECONOMIC OR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, COMMUNICATIONAL, BEHAVIOURAL OR EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES.
Grants received
13 grants · £386,348 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £267,982 (3 grants)
- Devon Community Foundation · £70,956 (7 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £30,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
- Sport England · £7,410
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Annie Tempest MEd since 2023
- Deirdre Jane Ford BA,MSc,QSW since 2017
- Fearn Kenyon since 2026
- Jane Margaret Turner since 2022
- Katharine Elisabeth Zoe Drescher since 2026
- Sarah Smith since 2026
- Susan Eileen Price since 2025
- Tania Beard BEd since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Deirdre Jane Ford BA,MSc,QSW since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Annie Tempest MEd since 2023
- Fearn Kenyon since 2026
- Jane Margaret Turner since 2022
- Katharine Elisabeth Zoe Drescher since 2026
- Sarah Smith since 2026
- Susan Eileen Price since 2025
- Tania Beard BEd since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Deirdre Jane Ford BA,MSc,QSW 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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1169709
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 Oct 2016 as amended on 12 Apr 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01803 868779 · info@sironaequine.org.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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