# THE MARE AND FOAL SANCTUARY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1141831
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07584914](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07584914)
- **Registered:** May 11, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1141831


## Contact

- **Address:** The Mare and Foal Sanctuary, Honeysuckle Farm, Haccombe-with-Combe, Newton Abbot, Devon
- **Postcode:** TQ12 4SA
- **Phone:** 01626 355969
- **Email:** office@mareandfoal.org
- **Website:** www.mareandfoal.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO RESCUE AND PROVIDE CARE FOR AND PREVENT CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG HORSES AND PONIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, ILL-USAGE OR OTHER LIKE CAUSES AND TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT HOMES FOR SUCH HORSES AND PONIES. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE WELFARE OF HORSES AND PONIES AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG HORSES AND PONIES. 3. TO RELIEVE THOSE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN NEED (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL OR EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES OR DISADVANTAGES) BY PROVIDING EQUINE-ASSISTED LEARNING AND THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES, IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER THROUGH (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) APPROPRIATE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RIDING, HANDLING OR COMING INTO CONTACT WITH HORSES AND PONIES.

**Activities:** We rescue horses and ponies that have been abandoned, neglected or abused and ensure that horses and ponies have a sanctuary for life mainly through our network of knowledgeable carers, advancing the education of the public in all such matters. Equines with more complex needs are cared for in our peaceful sanctuaries. Our Equine Assisted Services enable us to help people in need.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Animals
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** DEVON, CORNWALL, SOMERSET
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- Somerset
- Wiltshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Helena Vega-Lozano** | Chair | June 7, 2022 |
| Grace Elizabeth Hamza |  | Dec. 5, 2023 |
| Patricia Ann Spargo |  | Dec. 3, 2024 |
| Rebecca-Rafiyah Findlay |  | June 7, 2022 |
| Thomas Gerald Patrick Fitzgerald O&#x27;Connor |  | Feb. 12, 2025 |
| Yvette Bacon |  | Aug. 24, 2021 |




