Registered charity · Hungerford
Racing Industry Accident Benefit Scheme
- 5 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Jonathan Lancelot EddisChair · since 2013
- Dr Andrew Paul Forsythe SimpsonTrustee · since 2019
- George McgrathTrustee · since 2013
- Lady Susannah O'BrienTrustee · since 2019
- Serena GeakeTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- Maria Mathews' School Endowment · 1 shared trustee
- The Racing Centre LTD · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.racehorsetrainers.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1981
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£1.8m
- 2024£1.9m£1.7m
- 2023£1.8m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.4m
- 2021£1.6m£1.4m
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR VARIOUS CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES OF RACEHORSE TRAINERS WHO HAVE SUFFERED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE TRUST DEED).
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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
- Jonathan Lancelot Eddis Chair since 2013
- Dr Andrew Paul Forsythe Simpson since 2019
- George Mcgrath since 2013
- Lady Susannah O'Brien since 2019
- Serena Geake since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Lancelot Eddis Chair since 2013
- Dr Andrew Paul Forsythe Simpson since 2019
- George Mcgrath since 2013
- Lady Susannah O'Brien since 2019
- Serena Geake since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Jonathan Lancelot Eddis Chair since 2013
- Dr Andrew Paul Forsythe Simpson since 2019
- Lady Susannah O'Brien since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- George Mcgrath since 2013
- Serena Geake since 2013
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
17.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 281686
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 15TH JULY 1975 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 1ST JUNE 198
- Contact on the register
- 07899797010 · j.crook@racehorsetrainers.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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