Registered charity · Princes Risborough
The Horse Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £2.7m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Website
- www.horsetrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Horse Trust
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£2.7m£4.1m
- 2023£3.2m£3.9m
- 2022£2.4m£3.9m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.9m£4.1m
- 2020£2.1m£3.3m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4.1)FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND/OR IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF HORSES IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN THE HOME OF REST TO OFFER SANCTUARY, WHETHER ON TEMPORARY OR RESPITE BASIS OR PERMANENTLY, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) FOR: (SEE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION FOR DETAILS)4.2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO HORSE CARE AND WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AND/OR IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE AMONG HORSES BY MEANS INCLUDING: (SEE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION FOR DETAILS)4.3) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND/OR IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF HORSES AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (AND PARTICULARLY OR PROFESSIONALS IN RELEVANT DISCIPLINES) ON THE SCIENCE AND VETERINARY CARE OF AND/OR RELEVANT TO HORSES BY PROMOTION AND FUNDING (BY WAY OF RESEARCH AND GRANT FUNDING, ENDOWMENT OR SPONSORSHIP IN WHATEVER FORM) OF ALL FORMS OF WHAT THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDER TO BE ETHICAL, NON-INVASIVE RESEARCH INTO OR RELATING TO THOSE SUBJECTS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS.
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
- Prof Josh Slater Chair since 2023
- Bronwen Jones since 2023
- David Cook since 2016
- Juliet Souter since 2024
- Michele Jennings since 2024
- Professor Peter Clegg Mrcvs since 2017
- Prof Debbie Archer since 2023
- Rupert Hugh Maxwell Neal since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- David Cook since 2016
- Professor Peter Clegg Mrcvs since 2017
- Rupert Hugh Maxwell Neal since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Prof Josh Slater Chair since 2023
- Bronwen Jones since 2023
- David Cook since 2016
- Juliet Souter since 2024
- Michele Jennings since 2024
- Professor Peter Clegg Mrcvs since 2017
- Prof Debbie Archer since 2023
- Rupert Hugh Maxwell Neal 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
8.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 231748
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/12/1938AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/01/1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/07/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/07/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/10/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/04/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/06/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 SEP 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 00347417 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01494488960 · info@horsetrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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