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Registered charity · Market Harborough

The Shire Horse Society

3. Objects3.1 The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit,:-3.1.1 to improve the breed and promote the breeding and use of English Cart Horses, more particularly the Shire Horse, and to this end to maintain a Stud Book and Grading...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £595k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Helen Maureen Thomas.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.shire-horse.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Shire Horse Society.
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£595k£537k
  • 2024£539k£494k
  • 2023£673k£434k
Earlier years
  • 2022£732k£354k
  • 2021£238k£219k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3. Objects3.1 The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit,:-3.1.1 to improve the breed and promote the breeding and use of English Cart Horses, more particularly the Shire Horse, and to this end to maintain a Stud Book and Grading Register in which are entered the names of all registered Shire Horses complying with conditions for the time being applied to the Charity; and3.1.2 to educate the public about the Shire Horse and the importance of preserving the breed and its heritage.

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.

6 trustees on the board

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6Animals 5Environment/conservation/heritage 4Economic/community Development/employment 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 7Business services 1Retail and trade 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£595k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

30.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 35.1 in 2021

5 from 4 in 2022
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
210619
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11TH JULY 1878 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 22ND FEBUARY 1939, 7TH APRIL 1964 AND 19TH MARCH 1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 MAR 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 MAR 1998 as amended on 23 Dec 2021
Companies House
Company number 00012383 · Active
Contact on the register
01536771611 · info@shire-horse.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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