Registered charity · Bournemouth
The Armed Forces Equine Charity
- 5 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport and 2 more
- Where
- Ukraine, Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.armedforcesequine.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Armed Forces Equine Charity
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.5m
- 2024£1.7m£1.9m
- 2022£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£244k£277k
- 2020£268k£216k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3 OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (THE "OBJECTS") ARE RESTRICTED TO:3.1 PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES BY PROVIDING SPORT AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR SERVING AND FORMER SERVING MEMBERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PHYSICAL FITNESS OF SERVING MEMBERS, BETTER PREPARE THEM FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES, PROMOTE ESPRIT DE CORPS, RAISE MORALE AND FOSTER CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; AND3.2 SUBJECT THERETO, THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN AMATEUR SPORT AND RECREATION BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED.
Grants received
8 grants · £293,007 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
- Veterans Foundation · £222,157 (2 grants)
- Ministry of Defence · £37,000 (3 grants)
- Sport England · £24,600 (2 grants)
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £9,250
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Maj Gen Retd Robert Harry Talbot Rice CBE Chair since 2020
- Captain Retd Allan Wilson since 2020
- Frances Elizabeth Castle since 2019
- Ian Burnham since 2026
- Piers Fletcher since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Maj Gen Retd Robert Harry Talbot Rice CBE Chair since 2020
- Captain Retd Allan Wilson since 2020
- Frances Elizabeth Castle since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Maj Gen Retd Robert Harry Talbot Rice CBE Chair since 2020
- Captain Retd Allan Wilson since 2020
- Frances Elizabeth Castle since 2019
- Ian Burnham since 2026
- Piers Fletcher since 2026
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1184971
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 FEB 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 AUG 2019 as amended on 12 May 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 11843722 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01980632732 · info@armedforcesequine.com
- 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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