FRIENDS OF THE DARTMOOR HILL PONY- CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR 2026 Our main nev for this year must b8 the improvements made to our bam HQ. We ow8 the owners a massive thank you to f the restoration of the bam floor drainage whth is amazing lo support our efforts towards Ihe fvtU of the ponies on Dartmoor. These restoration works to the bam, originally built in 1996, mean thal we . Manage water ingress from land njn-off. the reduction of brown vtster leaving the bam, so protecting the health of nearby streamslriverslwatercourses. Improve the standard of basic facilrties for volunteers working in the bam. Improve animal welfare for pleS in the bam. Encourage volunteering and improve volunteer w)rkirwJ comfort. which li turn helps us help the ponies. Educale volunteers and followers in the land management of Dartmoor commons and benefrt of the ponies. Improve the opportunity for the volunteering public lo understand and appreciate the importance of drrfting and pounding unmarked poniès. Support well-beng wojects for children and adults. whether physically or mentally, through inleraclion wllh the ponies other people involved in the projects to secure and enhance Ihe lives of ponies on and off the commons of Dartmoor. The work to ensure the genetic mapping of the breeding stock on the commons continués, we have an amazing team to thank this year for their part in this work specifically. our main aim this coming year wll be lo get Ihe DNA of those animals mapped. Websrte changes are thanks to Jo Druett and also to Aan Davie5 vtho has b8en edriing our website for a long time. This has been a hard year for us to help with preparation for Ihe pony sa$ as. due to a change in policy laken up by Rendells. the ponies to have a microchip implanled and silhouette completed prior to the sale. The vei came wrth us to10 each pony going lo the sale and provide correct pak was fNe days work in all and a few evenings alongsid8. At The Grange. Ihe breeders, sale was an wnprovement on last year and as ever, Kivells must be thanked for supporting this event. We enjoyed an interesting talk at the start of sale 8tx)ut taming ponies. An outbreak crf strangles from one pony herd made for a very lense time Fost sale. but all seems to t* ok in the end. Pony homing from HQ was 35 Fns. V48 castraled 42 ) since Awil. The big p18n now is lo get the herd records lo be digrtal and a follcm through once homed onto a Darimoor Hill Pcny record heKI at Pet ID for ponies vtho have left the moor. Conservalion grazing ponies are provrng therr value and we hope wll be rec(yJnized wth in the LUMG plans for evKlence gathering on grazing numbers. This is because, arthough DHPS are now on an even foIng for payments with catt18 and other recc4Jnized rare breeds. their future is not secure if payment only happens when incentivised by heavily reduced stocking numbers.
FRIENDS OF THe DARTMOOR HILL PONY RecelFts and Paymnts Account Ytat tsnd•d 31 Mar¢h 2026 2025 2024 INCOME Mltrts¢hips and P8S$F¥)rt•wlicatrons 'ft Aid Don8bon8 Induding pony Sp¢x&$MP Pony rehoming donabort8 r)ther incorne Imcl Mel's std) LoarT& received 1204.40 1.383.52 20.485.53 4.080.00 4.2ts0.30 a,0C 10.864.60 807.60 $3.138.19 1.725.00 2.08129 39.421.75 68.616.78 expENDifuRE FE2d. bedijng e Velerknary expen$95 Pas¥>ort5 and rTrcrothbs Transport and hj sp18yteatn expettseslHor5e Sh Ad¥èrts$i#B and website ma¢ntenan¢e Pony sgle expense&DHPA costs Prinbng. p051age statsonery Vtrhide and equipment m&intsnar InsuTan¢e ¢ts Rent Sundry expenses Prole55ional and ¢onSLltsncy f•e8 En1htr and P•ypal chw 11.684.69 8.861.01 9.161 53 1.610.C 875 367.50 14.488.99 14.136.01 11.6SS.8J 6.350.OQ H495 782.94 2.295.00 337.26 242.01 1.375 02 6.C¥Jo 00 122.14 2.776.50 236.40 1.39 2.738 18 6.000.C $04.9$ 540.00 575.94 43.180.19 81.243,05 (erabng swpbJs4defiO fcrf year 3.758.44 7.373.73 Less.. taprtal ¢xp•nthtt¥e yY3r 6.OC4) 00 724.OD NET SURPWSIIDEFICITI FOR YEAR 6.649.73 Cp•nno bala at l rI 2023 12.823.11 6.173.38 Netsupluslldeficit) fw year 9.758.44 6.649.73 Closing balan¢es ai 31 MaiL 8DTrk gjrrenl Paypal ac¢ouNI 9.573.65 834 89 7.343.B7 15.S73.69 3.127.29 5.077.87 3.{.61 12.623.11 Thex fjnan¢iol 51atemenlsre apwwed by Ihe Tntses on Id¢l .......-.... and s¥ned on their beham by ¢. F•Jner ICh•thbpnl.....
FRIENDS OF THE DARTMOOR HILL PONY INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES Ye•r ¢nded 31 March 2025 I report io Ihe trustees on TTYY ex0M¢rbon of th• aco)urts ol the Frnnds of Ihe D8rtmoor Porry {FDHPI lor the ye8r ended 31 Mkrch 2024. Responsibilitses and b•$is of r•port A5 Ihe charily truslees of FDHP. you ar reswstje for the prep¥otKJn ofthè accounts in accorfr th Ihfr requirements of Ihe Chanties Acl 2011 11he A1. I report in respect of •xaminalw)n ol the FDHP accounts carried out under 5edicffj 145 01 the 2011 Acl and in Carr9 oul nry 9xaminaln I have ftsN¢)vAO all ol Ihe appkn¢4ble direciOnS given by the Cherity Commission under section 145(SHb} ol the Ad. Ind•p•nd•nt •xamin•rf• ¥tstsmen¢ I have cOm¢le my ex¥min8tion. I can confim) th M material m¥tters h8ve me to my att•ntffi in COMeGlion with Ihe examinion giviftg me caus¢ to be&e Ihal in any M¥ten respect.. 1. Aecounlin9 ree¢¢5s vmfè Mt kept in rèspect of the FOHP as required by secaion 130 of the Acl: or 2. The aG¢ounts th) not acr vlith th050 records. I h8v8 no Concèms and have com• across no other mailers in conneaion with the examinalion lo whith attfjntlon should be drawn in this report in order to enabl8 a propèr understanding of th¢ #ecrMJnt3 to be reached. hbMJLA& Salty Wonnacott FCCA, cfA. BWH¢)nsl Thomworthy Lodge Chagford Devon TQ13 8EY 22 January 2026