## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/10/2023 Period start date To 30/9/2024 Period end date Charity name: Welsh Pony Rescue & Rehoming Charitable Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1171060**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the benefit of the Public to relieve**
**the suffering of ponies & horses in**
**need of care and attention and, in**
**particular, to provide and maintain**
**rescue homes or other facilities for**
**the reception, care and treatment of**
**such animals; to promote breeding**
**controls and to provide a winter**
**feeding programme for feral ponies on**
**the Commons where funding permits**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The charity continued to rescue &**
**rehome ponies, castrate colts &**
**stallions to reduce breeding on the**
**commons and attended road traffic**
**accidents involving ponies to relieve**
**their suffering. Vet care was provided**
**to ponies wherever required and costs**
**in this area continued to be excessive**
**for the Charity. The Charity continued**
**its work and was able to help neglected**
**ponies from suffering. A feeding**
**programme during the Winter of 2023/24**
**was delivered on Gelligaer Common in a**
**joint effort with Welsh Horse & Pony**
**Aid.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have had regard for guidance**
**on public benefit while carrying out the**
**charity work. The work carried out by**
**the Charity is often requested and**
**supported by the public & public sector**
**bodies..**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The majority of work carried out at the**
**Charity is completed by Volunteers, the**
**Charity now pays for some yard work,**
**however those who carry out the work**
**still volunteer a lot of their own time.**
**Trustees, rehoming, social media admin**
**and yard work duties are all carried out**
**on a voluntary basis.**|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity continues to reduce the
number of ponies on the commons by
carrying on with castrations & rehoming
and has continued to help individuals in
financial hardship or ill health with
rehoming their ponies.
The charity continues to attend call outs
by public, the Police & other bodies for
ponies involved in road traffic accidents
& wandering on public highways for
treatment and to be brought to a place
of safety.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set
Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Charity has struggled with low**
**income & high costs, resulting in excess**
**of expenditure over income. The Charity**
**continues to receive valuable income**
**from rehoming ponies, together with**
**public donations which all support our**
**work.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Ideally the Charity would like to maintain**
**a 6 month financial reserve to cover**
**running costs. Unfortunately we still**
**experience high demand for help with**
**neglected ponies and continue to help**
**where we can.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Bank & Paypal balances at the year end**
**cover around 10% of costs. The Charity**
**will now only take emergency cases**
**until the financial situation improves.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risks for the Charity are**
**maintaining volunteer help & the effects**
**of the financial crisis on income & strain**
**on rehoming.**|
**The Charity continues to have high demand for help due to owners in financial difficulty & poor health requesting help & through neglect & suffering of equines. It is evident that the cost of living crisis has increased the risk in these matters and sadly the risk of donations to decrease due to people having less funds available. It also means there is less demand for ponies being offered a home and ponies need to stay with the Charity longer which increases costs.** Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Trust**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**appointed**|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name Other name the charity uses Registered charity number Charity’s principal address
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
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||Tina Minister|Ann Keating|
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Treasurer|Chair|
||15/8/2026||
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## **Welsh Pony Rescue & Rehoming Charitable Trust**
## **Balance Sheet as at 30/9/2024**
|**Fixed Assets**|£||£|
|---|---|---|---|
|Trailer|||1250|
|Container|||150|
|Motor Vehicle
**Current Assets**
Bank
Paypal
**Less Creditors due within 1 year**||7550
741|1500
2900
8291
11191|
|Creditors & Accruals (1)|||-17943|
|Net Current Assets|||**-6752**|
|Funds||||
|Balance b/f|||-4785|
|Excess expenditure over Income|||-1967|
||||**-6752**|
|Note 1:|Includes a loan from Trustees|of £6752.||
## **Income & Expenditure Account for the year ending 30/9/2024**
|Donations & Rehoming fees
**Expenses**
Rent
Vet Fees & Medical
Feed & Bedding
Repairs & Maintenance
Deadstock Removal
Charges & Interest
Insurance
Motor Costs
Yard work & volunteer expenses
Depreciation
Misc Expenses
Excess Expenditure over income|£
£
75695
8235
20675
21734
222
1132
308
1630
2674
18334
2150
568
77662
**-1967**|
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## Accounts prepared by T Minister (Trustee) 30/07/2026,
on behalf of Welsh Pony Rescue & Rehoming Charitable Trust
14/8/2026
## **Re: Welsh Pony Rescue & Rehoming Charitable Trust**
## **Independent Examination of Accounts for the year ended 30[th] September 2024**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions of the Charities Commission CC32. This includes a review of accounting records of the charity and final accounts and explanations of any items where required. In line with requirements I have not carried out an audit of the accounts.
No matters have come to my attention which give me any cause for concern with respect to record keeping and preparation of accounts of the Charity.
## **Regards**
## **Kate Jackson**