REGISTERED COMPAIYY NUMBEK. 03920946 (EDgl&ud and Walu)
REGISTERED CHAIUTY NUMBER: 1080522
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOILS AND
AiVDITED FINANCIAL sTATEmE￿s FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2O23
FOR
THE IRJSH DRAUGFrr HOILSE SOCIETY
{GREAT BRITAIN)

THE IRISH DRAUGRrr HORSE SOCIETY
(GREAT BRITAIN)
coiYrEf4TS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the Year Ended 31 Dt¢wb¢r 2023
C•mp•ny IDf•nMtIo
R¢p)rt of tht DiJYttOf5
Re￿}rt of the A￿lt￿r
St*te]aeDt of Fin&nei￿ Adivrties
St•t¢TheDI of Finanefj*l Pwt
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THE IRISH DRAucifT HOILSE socIErY
IGREATBiirrAI
COMPANY ￿FoR￿[4￿0N,
FINAi¥CtAL sfATEMENfs FOR THE YEAR EYDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
DIBECtoKs:
J W Nobiett. Cknit
H M Cknpiin. VI￿ Cjja
S DBellkn lapp)iut¢d l Awil 2024)
A L D&V￿S
EH Davits
A (￿5]£[￿￿ 15 Febnw 2024}
B L•JJE]ty M¢Kim {atv)tDtC4E l Awtl 2024)
L L StaTiLDg (rtsigned 11 June 20241
N Wakefjeld
DE w￿10￿ 15 Fcbnw2024)
A M Western
MEMWil
K (4)Ek)iMtrd l A￿1 20241
SECRETARY:
EH Davits
REGISTER￿ OFFICE:
2 maMrFz￿ GN
Old WotSTrton R￿1
Old Wol*rton
Milkn) Keyr
MK12 5NN
PR￿C￿AL 0￿cL.
Carjisk
CA4 9RH
REGISTEPID Ni)MBEiL.
CIL41UTY IiEGlStERED NUMBKK. 1080522
INDEPEf4DENT AUDrroRS:
Farm Court
Old WolvcTlon Ro*]
Old WolvertOD
Milton K¢yrt6
MKi2 5NN
B•rc]a)F Bonk ple
Ayksbury
P201

(GREAT BRITAIN)
REPORTOF THE DIREcfoKS
fDrlbt Ye4rFAth 31 Dttembet 2023
STATUS
Th¢ So¢i¢ty ts l*th a ￿lty {r¢8i#*edDuEfLb¢r 1080522) a c¥Jll4xlly. llKOrP)T￿ OD 7 Febrw 2(W at*1 litnited by
guarath Ireg*ster¢d nutther 03￿0940. A% its governing ¢knJmerf is its MerrM)raTrkn otxl Articles of As￿latiO]L
It is affi]iateAI lo the hol&r of the trith DrwW $th￿￿￿)k of ori8in in IT¢lthl c• Hott¢ Spxtlr¢]aTrJ.
PR￿ciPAL AcfTriTI'
The principaI ￿1]Vity ofth£ in Yeview tl* of(wiry out obie&ts oftk ￿lty. btsijjg to
DIRECFORS
diicaors slM)wn l%hw hav¢ heTdoffKt trK of l JaDWy 2023 ID datc ofthis rcp
Mr5 H M Chaplitl
Mrs J Comthvrai
Mr A L D8vie5
Ms E H Davies
MrsN GTUE
MrJ W Noblett
Mr N Wgknfield
Mr9MEMWiL
Other ditectoys hoidingoffice ateAS fiTrllowJ:
Mr J M D S¢ale- tZ5i• 10 Febw 2023
Mr B W G&r5. [rsig[￿d 31 Mar¢b 2023
Mrs C A Ruthj. resig￿d 31 2023
Mr5 A M Westeyn- akwitrted 2 Aprtl 2023
Ms K WiL9)n- l Aprs12024
Mr B tangiey McKllll-app)iTKvJ l April 2024
frs g Bensots- apFrf>intrd l April 2024
Mrs D É W4]ton- Tesipd 15 Febnwy 2024
MrA Ptrilli￿. r¢55&Kd 15 Fciw 2024
Ms L L 5taTlinB- Yes]w￿J I l Jur£ 2024
STRUCTUBL GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEKr
In t¢c(Kdorw with tl* Society's Arri¢ks of AwiatN)D th¢ Co￿lI wmpri5¢5 a mitiimLWt of 12 8JMJ of IJ
Dinof5. Any Mcmt*r wlKk hd5 bcfn a M¢uJiKr olthe Society for a tErN)d of & lew o)nwtive ye8rs ts elillibk
for ¢lection to the CourKil. Prowtive w¥Jith are ywited kn 5utrAllit a ￿￿tt￿lI forni. If of esndidates
¢ACce￿ numb¢r of V￿arIci¢S on the Cout*il a iwjkn 15 he￿ Dirtdots ale ekaed ty serye for a periiKI of four yws
n)n￿¢ing fro￿ the first Counoil Jiletti￿ after l a￿1 up to fow d[[￿￿T$ yryll ￿]re on 31 March and ￿ eliwble to
stand for t￿le￿i0￿ witknut fitrtFtt ￿P￿il*tIo[L At thi% dtrth ekct fv otFJLfTS. Vice Cha]rll￿n and
ComrAJy Serxetsry IwhD Treas￿} w*K> are Joti)￿Y Tt4X)tLS]bte for ma]xgcJtwi of i
a¢wrdan(¢ with th¢ p)licies awroyal by ts C￿u[￿lI. Paid Admini￿ [t￿rtIng kn the COmr￿nY S￿tary STe
Society and cortsid¢r ts Ch8rity8 stratrgi¢s for kniDg tIK appovcd obicCttY￿ Risk is Lwricd out for all
ajor cvcnts with particu]ar eroptWi5 Ory Ir41th aThE safety. als> h&$ a robwt Safeguuding Policy lor thildtry)
and vulnerable adults Fry Tre Stra)wll>g cow￿11.

THE IIUSH DRAUGITf HOILSE SOCIETY
{CRKAT BRITAI￿)
RKPORT OFTHE DIREcfoRS- eo*tillll¢d
for the Ytar Endtd 31 Dettmber 2023
Following the Of0￿ Irustee in February 2023 and 1wo retiring in M8r¢h 2023, tlwe w#e 3 vacancies to
fill. As there w&s 01￿Y one nomttAtion receiv￿ a b411ot was Njt requred. new Counci] comprising of 14
metnber met on 2 April 2023 10 elrft tfs Officers for the ej￿ll1tsg year. James Noblett and Heather Chaplin were
¢l¢¢t¢d utwnim¢u31y ￿ Chair and vi￿ Chair. With Brian fjat&s rclirtng from 3L51 March 2023. H¢lena Davi¢5
volutheered a]Ml w&8 elected unanim0￿$]Y as Treasurer and Comp￿. S￿. Brian G*es nominated to
become a Life Patron as A mark of reLo8DitsoD for thc ex•ionai $¢rVi￿ to tkn &￿iEty o¥¢r fk ycw5. This
The Society is a founder membty ofThE Showing CO￿￿L aty Utnbrelja orgall1￿1o￿ sd in 2006 to represart thc
hotse thowing St£￿ on the BrRlisb Eqwstri8n Fed¢MÉorL
The goci* is 8Jso 8 methber of the ¥26 Equine Ass(Ki¥fion ￿1¢h Set wp in 2018 ￿ represent the
vi¢ws a￿j ititere&ts of sthdbook PIOstO DEFRA aTwJ the widu world.
RiVIEW OF MAIN ACTIVITIES
Following the 2022 Arllwat Bretsl $lK)w. the Show Tfam be8an th¢ir wepu*iovs for the 2023 show whiGh w&s held
at Onley Gff>uT￿ Equestriau CoDwlex Rugty in Wanvitk5hirc OD & 3nl Septemkr 2023. Jane ITtEbu5h was
appoittted Show Director. One of the fjrst chattg¢5 WdS the of the show. The Annual Show is a showcw for
the Breed and with the finals of the IDHSIGB) Ridden £2.0￿ (Idl¢*g< Moorbentthpll ID Youn8Stock Thallenge
and the re•instsl¢ment of the ID Sports Horse YouDgstock CI￿lenge itt 2tr23. the sl￿WW&S r¢named to the National
Championship Show. Th¢ Show Tea￿ a]so look•J at the f¢xmot of th¢ SI￿￿ ￿￿kIng x>rn¢ changw to the wevious
ye818 ti]N¢table to itiBlu(k two Champiotithip Gal4 an EvcniDg Championship Gala on the Saturday aThd an
Aftwioon Chwiouship Gala on the Sunday. Even entriw down sli￿)t1Y from the previous year. the
N*ional CIMmpionship Sknw a swGe&s. A $I￿la1 *hank y￿. to vajued sponsors %vbts contributed record
don81iotkg again this year. A huge ￿h5nk you- to the SIM)w Tum in 2023, all volullters and are continuing
to t8k¢ a¢¢ivr rolc• 2024.
There were 45 marrf i￿pected for gr&Jing throughout the UK in 2023 with 36 meelin8 the inspectio
requirem￿ts for Ci95s 1. Two of these mares alts]￿d 8WIIXI for Ix)th the Conf¢)rmstioTh & Movement elem¢n
a¢hieviDg Brol￿ Merit award& Thrte llwes received Bro￿￿ Merits in Show Jwing. Two Irish Drdught Sport
HoT5¢ fEW¢5 ail th¢ inspectiott rtyuir¢Tll￿LS for the supplen￿￿mY G￿ltsUp registrr of the Main Studbook.
Sevets mare5 dtd not med ail of tr insr￿l0￿ r￿Ul￿ema￿ f(K cl￿ I so these rwes IHve been ¢las5ifia as Class
Th¢ Soctety toDtiDU&s ￿ be indebted lo the Hornby tA>A$d￿t for providing fi￿dS to promot¢ the Hornby
P]rmiu]n Brood M￿¢ stheme, d¢visaJ th identify atKI rwDJse IIN)se exwtiottwl iaj the breedtDg httd that
conform to the Breed Standard at¥J typ¢. The sdwlle was developed to e￿Ourage mart owners to breed back to
re￿Sterd Irtsh rjraught stdlioThs to produce pure Irish twi foals and illCTe&e the numbcr of marcs and tKTri¢ryti
sta]lions in the breedill8 h¢rd. T¢￿ Clw l or RtD with a f￿1 ￿ fpDt by a Class l or RID sTalliO￿ were
4W4rdryJ Hornby Pr¢EllSUllJS this year.
The combined stallion and maye irtsp¢dioI￿ trM)k plxc at ODley Grounds Equestriarn Complex on 5th Apnl aDd 18th
October wh¢r¢ eight stallions fon¥ard the tw) da*s. Of the ei8bt stslliotL5 wMplet￿8 their ins￿]0
four met th¢ requirtd v¢teTinary and ijLTr¢CtiQU 51a[m￿ (or Cl&ss l. Four stallio￿ p&4ed th¢ vet but did meet
all of the insptrtion stand&ds so th¢y wrre clwifi¢iJ as Cl￿5 2. OnGc agam the Society is illdebt￿ to the late
Bernard Symonds aryi Mrs Pam for th¢iT getWOU8 Sknptwjrt throuth the BLS Awards DTesented to the two
Brittsh brcd Class i sta]Iions. Tiiank you also 10 Horse SI￿￿ Ire18nd kjndty provitsj *%hes 8#d ros¢ttes foi the
Irish bred horw *hieh achieved Class 1.
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THE IIUSH DIl4uGI￿MORsK SOCIETY
{GREATBRrrAIN)
REPORT OFIBE DIRECTOKS.eoitinu¢d
for tkn YeArF￿dea 31 D¢t*btY2023
PE￿LIcATIONs AFID PUBUCITY
The Htb8rte £ontillu¢s to play a ill (kytodtyruDDwJg of the So¢iety by pmvthg a knowledg¢ JTKI di5￿[￿tIng
to ullforewi pubiie4tioD of the 2022 Yettboth ¢klayed witb ryetving 8 cryy in July 2023.
t¢au] of vOl￿t&S Started on th¢ 2023 Ye3rlKth sK)ftly the ¢jiStrJ￿10n Of the 2022 unfoJ*Joatcly tlwe a
delay in geititl8 the pllbli¢atioD out to th them1￿15 gt t]* datL The 2023 Yead)￿th Jms beeD ernwled to O*rnbet5 in two
pgtts, the ￿5t P9rtittJu]y 2024 gndthE r•rtits Scptsmkn2024. A YeaTbwktsoDJbasbea awoittr41 for the 2024 Y¢wbook
ADTrIINISTrITION
io ￿ utsdeTtsken on khalf ofthe by Ptsl]g¢e L&Yeootk ijd. M•rttrrs b&ve ba￿filed fro]n servi* thTDugh day
to day aGLw fivtnmonday ￿FridaY 9.(1*￿1￿2 5.fx
FINAf4C£
Twnover forthe up by0.3c￿￿ ts previous ye4r. After the k&4 of wox £5.0(X> ill 2022 forthe hor5¢ weaioD4
in 2023 &re was a uer profit of£l.700 with fewErm8r¢s FKJL8 The Souuy bcen w milldfid of the involv&1
by lop ￿rnIn¢. Tht N&iona] Ckn¥*iothip Sbow. al¢b(Mt8b with tha]Jtr previ￿ yw. n￿Je a ll¢t Profit of £3,048. 1
happytotrythtth*tth¢ s￿1￿]￿ allo￿ll ty *￿￿OffI4229]ti 21)23 • to ad¢ftii of£6,117 in2021
RESERVES
PUBI.IC BENEFIT
of the charity *out]tDed intt*rtwrtare ￿1￿¢￿￿11( ￿￿fiL
Thc Socirtyprnvits iDfornJatio) on all &ysofthe Irish nthofd* ￿lety grtd Advi¢t
FLTURE PLANS
The coDtiDu¢d deve]oprnentof th¢ Coulld 5ubgroY41$ kn iuchKkJKKL-Couts¢Jl With relwtxwtiEe wal &th¢thc Soci¢ty

THE IRISH DRAUGwf HOKSE sOc￿y
(CREAT BRrrAIW
REPORTOF THE DIRECTOILS. eontinued
for the Year Elldtd 31 ikttmbtr 2023
STATEMENf OF DIRE￿OlL$. RESPONSIBILfnES
ith appli￿1¢ law and regut&iotLS.
COmp￿Y law requires the d]r￿￿}Is to Fryare fin￿￿181 sta*n*nts fi>r each fiDsncial yw. Undff that law the
directors have elected to prepare tbe ￿terne￿ts in 8cwrdaD(% wtth United Kttigdom fjencrally Accepts
Accounting Practice (United Kingdom A￿x￿tIng S¢andard5 and applicable law). und￿ ¢ompany law the directt>rs
Tllust noi appmve the fin￿￿la1 Statem￿ unless they ar¢ wisfied that 8iv¢ a true and fair view of the stste of
affairs of the ¢ompany and of ttr S￿￿hl% or deficit of ￿ cornpny for that puiod tn wep8ring these finan¢iai
stAtements. the DirectOT5 are Twuirsj kn..
- select suitsbl¢ a￿ounting poli¢i¢s and then apply th￿￿ COL81#￿y.
. rnake judgemcnts and atcoutttin8 estittotes ¥rE rwonablc aryj prudu
The dir&lor5 are resro￿Jb￿e for keeping &d&v￿e aets)urW rrtords that 8rE sufficient to show and explain the
conwny's transacts0￿8 attd di￿lOse with reasot¥bl¢ 4(XXTra¢y at any time the f￿ar￿la1 position of th¢ cotwy and
¢n2blc them io ¢nsu¥t that the financia] statements compty with th¢ Con]panies Act 2￿]6. They are also TesFonsible
for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence foT tsking Teason&blt steps for the prevention and detection of
fraud and other irreguiatie
The thre¢t￿5. report approv&1 by trB(*rd ofDirnxo
This r¢port has been pryared iti aCcoffdw￿ with the yiaE Fwvision5 of Part IS of the Compant¢s AL* 2006
relatitr￿ tr> small ¢OTllP8ni¢$.
ON BEHAIS OF THE BOARD:
E H Davies. C(￿a￿ Sc• & Tre&suter

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDEiYf AUDrroRS TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE IIUSH DRAUGHT HORSE SOCIETY
{CREAT BRfrAINI
Opir*ion
We have audited the financial thteM￿ts of The Irish Draught Horse SIKiety (Great Britain) for the year end&J
3 1 Decenthcr 2023 which comprise th¢ Stat¢metst of Fillanrial ActivitÈes. Statement of Financial Positioll alld the
related llotrs. Th¢ f￿h￿Cial framewotk thal has been applied in thetr preiwation is applicable law and
United Kiti8dtsm AwouDiiug Swidard% including Ftllaurial Report&Dg Statthrd 102 Tr¢ Finallciai Reponing
Standard 8ppli¢able in the UK attd Republi¢ of Irel8nd (United Kingdom Geoernlly Accepted At¢(M]ntin8
Practice}.
In our opinion the fiDanciaE st8temffl￿..
give a ttue and fair view of the state of the c]witabl¢ ¢¥)m￿￿9 affairs &8 at 31 ikcember 2023 of its
it)coming T¢sources for the year then ¢nde41'
. bave tt¢n propcTly prerAted ill accordan¢¢ with United Kingdom Generalty A¢ceF*ed Accounttng Practice; and
. have pr¢por¢d ID a￿ordanCe ￿ the requir¢motts of th6 compn￿5 Ad 21)06.
Basts for opttylo
We conductrd audit in accordance with Internati(￿1 &aryJaTds OD Audirtng (UK) (ISAS (UK)) and applicable
law. Our resporsibAlities uttder those standarth ar¢ firrh¢r de9CrIb￿ in the Audtiors, ttspoTr8ibRltti¢s forth¢ audit of
the fllJ8n¢ial stat¢mcnts Section of our re￿. We are ]nd¢￿)dent of the charitsble colnpany in accordance with the
ethical requIrell￿nIg that are relevant to our audit of the financial statejnents iti the UK includiti8 th¢ FRC'$ Ethical
Standard, alld we bav¢ ￿lfilled our other ethical rwMLsibilibes in accordance with these requirernents. We believe
that the audit evidence we have obtsined i5 sufficient and apprwiate to prnvide a basis for our opiDion.
Conclllsion$ relating to eoille coneern
W¢ have nothtttg to report of th¢ follownhg matkn ill r¢l*ion to wbith the lSAs (ifK) r¢quire us to
reporttoyou where..
- the director5, us¢ of th¢ 8oin8 concern FA81$ of a¢¢(Rurtins I￿ the preparatiwl of the ISn￿la1 statrments is noi
8ppropri2te,' OT
. the directors have not disclosed io the financial statements any id¢niifi¢d uncenaitities that may casl
sigllificani d(NJIK abo￿ the clwitsble ¢ompanYs ability to continue to #dopt the going concern b&%i8 of accounting
for a Friod of at tsvelve M￿th$ from the date when fJDaDciaJ ststements 8re authorised for i8su&
Other Informatio
The diyectors or¢ rwnsiTrJle ftTrr the other tnforniaiion. The oth¢T infm8tion comprises the inforn]atiim in the
keport of the Dire¢t(rt, but does not ]￿lUde the s￿1￿ents and ow Reptsrt of the Auditors th¢r¢on.
Our opinion on the firtan¢ia] stst¢m¢nts do¢s not cover the other infOn￿On and we do not express atty form 0£
In GOt]llection with our audit of the fina￿]41 Stamen￿ our rwibiitry is to read th¢ other inforn]ation IT)
doing so. consider whether the other infornwtion is rnthally ÈncoDSiStent with the fJnancia] statements or our
knowl¢dge obtaincd in the audit or othcrwise appears to ￿ tnaterially miss￿. If, b￿d on the wo]* w¢ haye
performe( we Concl￿ that there is a material misstatement of this other Infimati￿ we are requI￿d to report
OpiDilllI 011 Otber matter prestribtd by the Compa*i¢s Aet 2
In our opinion, based on th¢ wot* mdutskcn in th¢ course of i)ur audit
- the infomiatioll givcn in th¢ R¢wt of th¢ Dir￿10[5 for the financial year for whi¢h the fjnanciai sta¢em¢nts are
prcparcd is consisteM wittt the fjnanciai sralenKnL8; and
. the Report of the Directors kn been prepard in ￿￿rdance with applicable legal requiremellts.
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REPORT OFTHK INDKPENDENT AUDTTORSTO THE MEMBERS OF
IYE IRISH DRAUGirr HORSE s(￿Ty
IGREAT BRITAINI
Matters on whirb wc art rrquirrd to r¢p>rt by exctptie
In the light of thc k￿wI¢￿ge atsl ofthe Com[￿ 8TrJ its environmam otlait*J in the cow ofthe
We have ts)thingto IC[￿)rt in rnptoftk folioryrnth wknthe Q)tTVDie8 Ad 21Mkn r4uires ￿$tor￿)rtIO
you 1£ in owopinithr
branclKs ]wt visiied by ￿ or
- certain discloswts of dir￿lOrS, y￿￿r￿ration 5p¢Gifid by law areTh￿ ot
- we have no( received all the itktornwion aThl eXpl￿tiO￿ we r4vi￿ forow or
. d]r￿Es were rto¢ ellll￿ed to prwe the finarKiai slattffj￿ in &o)rd8nL% with the 5rnall co]npanies r¢glme
"dnd take *lvatrtage of th¢ a)mt￿l¢s, fivm tF£ rcquirarlert to rKetw¢ a Slrat¢gic Rqmmt or in
prepatitig th¢ Rewrtofthe Dire¢￿ty.
R¢sponMThi]it*s o¢dinYdors
As explain¢d more fully in the Stst¢rnert of D￿￿thr$. Rev[￿ibIlItieS sel out ¢)n page foLf. the dire£tors are
resw>nsibLe fi)r th¢ prttw&2on of the firaTKial s￿alts aJMI frff trKiDg 5aD5fir4J thjt thry give a and fair Yi¢w,
attd for suth Intern￿ control Is the d]retr￿[s (kttrml￿ ￿￿￿￿58ry to C4th1¢ th¢ wrdtton of fJnatKiai Stat￿¢1
In Prepsring the fin￿la1 tl* dirtttor5 8Te for &Se&81￿ the cTrAitable ¢omwisls abilty to
coErtin￿ &8 a going concern. di￿10$1n& as applicabl4 wnatters Ttlated kn 80ing and the going (%*ncem
is of accounting unle55 thE dirttlors cillw iTrteThl to liquida* c￿￿1[ab]C L¥mtwry or th ccase O￿Lor￿ or
have m Tc4l>stic a]tcrnativc but to &) ￿.
A¥ditOTS' respott*lbiliiits for the *•di¢ of tke fi**n¢i•l s¢•tern•ts
Our objectsves are to obtsin re&g)tJable &8SUr￿ ats)￿ whth the finatlcial ST*￿￿￿ as a wtA)le ate free from
matrrial Mi￿latr[[Ltrt whcthu du¢ tt> or eThor. is5￿ a Rewrt oftbe Awjitors that Incl￿ OUT opinion.
Rea￿D#b]e &Wra￿ És a high level of ass￿￿¢, but is mi agwantrc that 8tt audit condua¢AI in aworda[￿¢ with
ISAS IUK) will always d&ect a ntstaial mtsstaten￿i it exists. Nfisststettthts ¢an arise from fr8ud or ernhr
nd ¢￿Idered ￿31¢rial if, indivioknlly or ITL the 88rn they cou]d rt84)llably E¢ e¥pwt¢d to lufiue￿e the
¢YA)mmic deei%ioI￿ of userntsken OD ttrtfjsis of tt*se fi￿￿la1 S13tcll￿5.
litle wtth ow res￿1b￿li]e4 I￿￿t￿l atKJv& ￿ d&￿1 m*uial missW￿ents in re*￿ of irreguiariues, ]rKI￿jIng
)mmit fraud or provide an Op[th￿lty to u>tnmit fraud (.fra￿ risk factors'l to deterrri￿ knw fra￿ risks #r¢
rel¢v￿1 to our a￿LL Bwd on auditiTg 8tatthd8 w¢ two fra￿1 risks that were rekvaTLt to our
in relation to TEvern￿ recogTEition rnanagellth ovttrith of Ix)ntroJL B&*d w ow a]wly5is of fraud risk
fa¢lor4 we have ithiiG¢d ￿ ￿￿ltiOnaL fra￿1 Fisks.
OLtr audit woc&iures in¢lud¢d an cvaJu&ion of tr desig￿ impkmcllthon ￿ well &% thr ol￿a￿n¥ ¢ff¢¢tiYCrt￿ of
intema] controls Televant to miti82* these risk%. We alg) FwFwmeA sul*tsntive a￿lIt rxorkn. irtlulin8detailed
ttstin8 of journa] entries and woc¢(hwes ts) saDsfy owselvw that TevMu¢ beffl propErly Tyw￿$¢4 in the
We tove ev81uattyJ frdcts and in orthr th asy83 law5 alld rtgukntiom Tel¢vJm w thr clmiTabl¢
company. WE ithntified greas of laws a￿j r¢gulatiotts that ¢ouhJ T¢&%QtMbly k expethj to bve A m8terial effect on
thc financi& througb distr￿10￿ with ￿ Direc￿$ {& required by aythtln8￿dar￿s} and dis¢4]8sed wilh
the Directors the rolictts aTLd rEgthing oJMplia￿e with laws ayl reEuiatiOAS. W¢ comtnuDicatcd
idenlified laws ard ￿￿d￿tiOnS throU8kn￿ ow tr*tt) ard r£maiT￿￿ alert to any Indica￿ of Th)D4omplia
tttyoughouL th¢ ￿diL
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REPORT OF THE INDEPE[￿KI￿r AUDITOILS TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE IRISH DRAUGHT HOKSE SOCIETY
(GREAT BRITAIN)
Auditing standards limit rtyuired audit procedures to identify noth￿¢0]￿PI]Hnr¢ with these regulations to ¢nquiry
of the Directors and inspectlon of regulatory and le8al wryeswthce. if any. Througb these procedures we did not
identify any tn8t¢rid ors• ThTrcoll]plianc¢.
W¢ noi¢ that our audii is not prllwily desig￿1 ￿ de*¢t ￿￿lIa￿< wlth lfftws a￿j rBgulatiQDS Jnd th¢
Directors aye res￿)nSible for such internal control &s the Directors of the Company determine ig nee￿ary to ¢nable
the pr¢parntion of financial 5tatcrnents that are fre¢ from rnatsrid misslat¢menl whether du¢ to ¢nr)rs or frau
includtog eompliatitt with ]aws tsnd regulats'ons. Additionally. owtng to the ittherettt limitation$ of an audiL there is
an unavoidable Tisk that we may ]K)t have detetted solne mat¢rial misst4terne*ts in th¢ financiAI stat¢monts, even
though we have property planned and perf￿ed our audit in ￿¢￿ance with auditing stsndarth. We are tLOt
responsli le for weventing nonw¢ompliat)ce at)d CIT￿￿ be ex￿ to del￿* Jx)woWli￿¢c with a]1 laws
regulotithns.
A fijrther descriptlon of our respon5ibiliiles for the audlt of the flnancial statements is lo¢ated on the Financial
Reportin8 Councii'g website at www.frc.or&uklauditor5resp)Dsibilities. This degcription forn￿ part of our Rwrt of
the Auditors.
UJ¢ of our report
This report is made solely to the cban'table compan￿S gs A b(*fy, in accorknee with Ch¥pter 3 of Part 16
of thc Cornpanic3 2006. Our audit ha3 bcM urnlutaknn so that w¢ mighi sthtc io the chartthbl¢ Comp￿Y'S
Membe￿ thos¢ matt¢rs we ar¢ required to stst¢ to th¢m in 8 Rewt of th¢ AudEtsTh and for no other purpose. To the
Ile5t ¢xt¢nt pennitt¢d by law. we do Dot a￿¢pl or 453um¢ r¢S￿nsibIlIty to ￿lYOne other than the ch8rithbl¢
company and its memE¢rs as A b(￿y, f(r our audit forthis reporL w for the opints)ns we have forni¢d.
Zubair Arsbad {Senior Stsiutory Auditor)
for and on of Ad V4]or¢m Audii S¢rvi¢¢s Limit¢d
Chartered Certified Accoun18nts & Ststutory Auditors
2 Manor Fann Court
Old Wolverton Road
Old Wolv¢rto
Milton Keyi)es
Buckinghamshire
MK12 5NN
09 DeceThber 2024

THE IRISH DRAUGlfT HORSE SOCIETY
{GREAT BRITAUI
ATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVIIIFS
IINCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDfruRE ACCOUNT)
FtNANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2O23
2023
2023
2023
Untthdal Tota]
2022
Totsl
INCOME AP4D ENDOWMENfs FROM:
Don#tions and legacies
InVestm￿t5
Charitable a¢tiviti&
TOTAL IF4COME AND ENDOWMErfrs
2.123
1.109
109280
112J)2
5.1(K¥
2,771
197
114.294
117,262
1,IC8
109
117.612
5.1(Kl
E￿ENDITuRE ON:
Charitable activitieg
Oth¢r
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
89,652
11.391
101,043
2J40
91,9Y2
108,083
15,296
123 379
2340
103
83
NET INeOMEI(LOSS)
11.469
2.760
14229
(6,117)
Tr¥￿fer fund$
Net •ov8m¢nt of fu#ds
2.760
14229
(6,117)
RecoD¢ilixtioD of Futtds
Total Funds br￿ fmyard
29,165
4.761
33.926
40,043
Totsl Funds cauied f(M74rard
There have beep ]fCO8nis¢d gain5 the [C￿lts fvthe fin8Dcial year and all TKofits or losse5 Iwe been
a[￿Untrd foron an historical cost b4si&

(GREAT BRTfAIN)
31.122)
31.1122
741
107
&7
3￿15
L7YJ
ioJ
7.nl
67A•
CR8Dm)x8
47
33
ij
29.165
JWN
l3
131it124.
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THE IRISH DRAUG￿[ llo￿E s￿￿Ty
GREAT BR￿AIN)
NOTLS TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
ror the Yar FAdtd31 D¢ttwber21b23
I. STATVTORY tNFOIIMATIOF4
The Irish Dr8ueht Ilorse SIKLcty (Gtot Bri￿￿) * a wiv* iry sumty* ID F￿a¥j
Th¢pteSWLtsTh) ¢WTellCy oftt% knL7ai isth¢ Strrfing(£l
2.STAT¥hlEKf ()F COMPI.IANCE
The fiJ)ancial suemeots of ¢k•ritsbl¢ is a wbliG utity utht FRS 101 hav¢ i*en pr¢pathl
aGcord•Kc with Charittes SORTr (FRS 1021 'A¢w• ￿ Rwlw8 by Ckn'tiES." St&c￿l of RecomtllerKted Pr8¢ts¢e
cRbl¢ to ckn'tscs pr¢pffth¥ ill xaJrdoD¢¢ wjth the FwBll¢￿[ RcportsnB St*thd ￿p11¢$ble ID th¢ UK aDd
Republte of Iretsnd (FRS 1021 leffe¢ttN% i 2019y. Sththd 102 Tr FJllaDci￿ Repo￿￿¥ Sthnd¥d
applicable ID the UK aDd R£P￿li¢ of Irel￿￿. •tsJ th¢ Com￿￿• Ai# 2[¥)6 11% httve prtpthd the
h￿toric￿ ¢VDv¢niioA
3. ACCOIJNTtNC POLlCtES
R¢tO8nl*lDn of kn¢ome and expe•w
In¢ott% froTh dono¢ioll4 subj￿1P￿0n￿ •rMJ salts of re Tewi%d ¢h￿'ty 15 l¢BaUy
enuded to ullirne th¢ qwttfied wuh hr¢ha8e 0frnUrth￿i￿ all c4yell
re ¢harBcd they 8me.
Inw'ble a55¢ts Dre iwllally Jnctsurcd ￿ ¢(rt After ll*•rw'bk k8$
T1￿1b￿ nxtd
I)eprecia¢￿n i.gpr*wi&d •t th follo*•w r*1 inoTder***ityoff ¢4th8•thXOW its ¢Mllraed lih.
eqwpmfflt.20% oo tox
Diiplay tylilcr
-20%onw
Stock¥
Sloth for t￿¢ *[¢ th¢ low*r of •ft¢r tiwkiD8 allow1￿ forob201¢tr sJs)Wan￿n8
T*i*llon
held by ehonty vithEr'
UDrestrt¢t¢d fity]ts. lkne aTe firyL8 Nthi¢h un be in Ik (*Arithble obje45 Bt diAtrcfion of the
Js reco8nised as itK¥>]rx 1vtr￿ th¢ ¢knity br<￿ ¢ntsil¢d kn the inu1￿¢ 48 a reyjli of •d1vit￿3 dTcady
rnsourreg Imtsi kn •thitics bsve b¢¢OF￿h￿r￿
Re5th'tted . these Bre tht be for rnErid¢d p￿[￿5 withiD (4>je(ts ot the cknty
H0rllbyTn￿laDd BLS Cojt AINwd.
Dtbtort Attd ¢redTlorJ rttel¥ibWpayal* wlthl• olt y*Ar
Iom ￿lSubS from aTr• ￿ th¢ offjrA￿￿

IGHIAY BRtfA
f•Tthe Yur Kndedjl Iletwbtr2•1J
¥AnO￿AP4￿ UGAC
HT.8fJltCTfW
1123
B￿k in*r¢
197
1023
R¢wstrnti(
gionf
41MI
13.rJ2
19.714
19.774
3J66
(4WI
NW IDSho
{4W)
G¢Tr wd reb4ty
Ctrihowi
730
inin4irKoml
95
153
65
Trycome From2ty)d
109
7. KXPENDrruiixop4 alARrrABIAAcnviTirs
1lJ47
16J45
16.720
1456
IV19
I•￿3$
i6￿5
1&726
1450
2J20
Ify)
196
93J
Ft_S Awdll
Fkntnby
Snowf¢dQBBttth*D8
1375
1375
149
p.i*y
•.1
39
200aubsX￿*aex[*tt
345
4X)
J.036
fA743
STTPPORTCOTr.4
24y5
24.945
5J58
33J49
623
OL￿￿11 &AGM
24
324
91
Py12

TUE IRISH DRAUGirr HOIISE
(GR&4T BRrrAIN)
￿(￿r￿ TOTHE biNANCEAL sfATEMENTS. tomti#ued
forlheYt*r 31 DeeeAber 2
& OTHER EXFF￿D[TuRE
21)23
2022
Wa8eS
OffKe ¢(*ls
T¢lcpholle &
PriDtillg & statio
24.435
6,613
230
721
1261
24.435
6.613
33211
7,867
2,144
202
1248
721
1261
t￿￿30n Or￿￿p￿tra￿d f￿￿r¢s& fitt
33260
33260
44.732
AIIouatiL* to 5UFPXt ¢x*ts
8J15
8,315
AudiloTs' re[Du￿nItion
0therproftssl(￿ ebiryes
B8nk ¢h*Y8eg
1.000
888
U25
1tr16
2.076
91
9. INTANGIBI.b FIXKD ASSLT
Websito
cosi.
At I JBnuory 2023
143
6.143
Ai 31 D￿•￿I￿r 2023
AMORTISATIOI¥
Al l January 2023
Ch¥T¥e rot IhÈ)wr
3J48
3.348
Al 31 D￿¢s￿l￿r 2023
NET BOOK VAI,UE
Al 31 D￿m￿¢t 2023
748
A¢3l D¢¢4mt*r 2022
10. TANGIBLE FIXED A&8ETS
TofaiÉ
Tr4ikr ryuipJn¢m
cosr
AI I j￿￿Ery2023
Additioos
Digw5als
&17J
7.975
Ai 31 D￿llber2023
7,975
DEPRECIATION
At l January 2023
Cbatge foTyC4T
E]]min￿ on
5.957
7,757
At31 W23
1.8(X)
7.868
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 Dtrembw2023
i(
At 31 Decth 2022
218
218
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THE tiUSH DRAUGEfr HORSK S(￿llET¥
(GREAT BIUTA
NOTES TO TEE FINANCL4L StAIYMEm.ewti•y¢41
f•r the Yor g•ded 31 De¢ethber2•1J
11. DEYTORS: AMOUPItS FALLING DUE WtIlllPl OP4E YL4R
31.1123
31.1222
Trth dthtord
7276
3.052
3240
3,042
1,639
OttKr d¢btors
11 CREDITO￿. AMOUNTS VAIIJNC DifE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.1123
31.12.22
IQ967
482
&879
IOJ72
T￿allon and soc￿] security
A￿￿￿]S Ind ¢kferred iDculle
3.744
14.116
IJ. DEFERRED INCOME
31.1123
1193
7.679
193
31.1222
Bai4n¢¢ broryhl fonvurd
Aojitwj￿ duri1￿ th¢ y¢4r
AnK)unL8 released io.SofA
Ba14no¢ wrid foThYwd
STAFF COSTS
Stsff togts •T¢ •n41y￿ iti 8. 71r•%Yw n￿b¥rof￿￿pI0>￿￿ the *% folkM¥'.
31.1223
31.12.22
AdiD1￿lStsati0o
No mttDi%r ofstaff rec41￿￿ 4 fi￿1 liffle equiv8kn* ineX¢￿0f£6Q(￿￿ in wth¢pmicw >rw.
FoWtnLyt￿ httve b￿) r¢imbJraeA knirus 1￿4￿[¢d￿thern &uiD8Il￿s>￿of £231612022.. £aill.
IS ￿1NDs
At
At
Expmthth 31.1223
UnTtstricted fund
Aeeuttknllated fLth
Restrlcttd I￿•d%
HornbyTrust
BLS Colt Award
12
1.375
716
249
1484
751
Tot*1 rtrtrietrd fuDds
4.761
2.340
7.521
fun
Il7612
103
83
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ThE IIUSH DRAUCITf HOIL8E SOCIETY
(GREAT BRTTAI
for the Year End¢d31 Deeembtr 2023
16, ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
Intangible
Fix
Nel cumt
Fund
Unrestrirted frnds
Accumulated fthkd
Restrict¢d fusMIs
Hornby Tru
BLS Colt Award
Snowford GTan¢
748
107
4286
2.484
751
2.484
751
17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Thett are w rEl￿ed ￿ tran3aw(KG which wuire dL*lmJte.
I& STATUS
Th¢ c(fjnpany is lilljittyj by guar4utre and not bavt sbare witsl. Fach Jnetttbtr is liabl¢ to ¢ot3tribute a not
exceeding £1 to the of the comrADy in theevent of8 winding￿.
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