## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 06/04/2023 Period start date   To  05/04/2024 Period end date** 

**Charity name: Kent Horse Rescue** 

## **Charity registration number: 1173911** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. FOR**<br>**THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO**<br>**RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF EQUINES**<br>**IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION,**<br>**PROVIDING ‘INTO-CARE’ RESCUE**<br>**FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION,**<br>**CARE, TREATMENT AND**<br>**REHABILITATION OF SUCH EQUINES**<br>**UNTIL THEY ARE WELL ENOUGH FOR**<br>**SUITABLE RE-HOMING. 2. TO**<br>**PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR AND**<br>**CARE TOWARDS EQUINES BY**<br>**PROVIDING EDUCATION TO THE**<br>**PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO**<br>**EQUINE WELFARE IN GENERAL AND**<br>**THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND**<br>**SUFFERING AMONG EQUINES.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**1. Advice to public: receiving calls**<br>**from the public via telephone,**<br>**social media or website,**<br>**regarding their concerns of**<br>**suffering / abandoned equines.**<br>**2. Providing advice regarding**<br>**equine welfare; practical,**<br>**procedural, legislations and**<br>**DEFRA codes.**<br>**3. Providing a call out physical**<br>**response service**<br>**4. Providing equine rescue /**<br>**transport service for suffering /**<br>**abandoned equines to a place of**<br>**safety / welfare care.**<br>**5. Providing welfare care /**<br>**veterinary assistance etc. for**<br>**immediate welfare issues.**<br>**6. Providing rehabilitation of**<br>**sick/suffering equines**<br>**7. Providing re-homing advice and**<br>**assistance**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|**The services provided by Kent Horse**<br>**Rescue are for the benefit of the public**|





issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit 

**where they have concerns for equine and public safety / welfare.** 

## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**Kent Horse Rescue is operated entirely**<br>**by volunteers**|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Kent Horse Rescue has achieved a lot in**<br>**the seventh year as a registered charity:**<br>•<br>**The cost of living crisis continues**<br>**to impact on the care of equines**<br>**as owners find it more difficult to**<br>**afford their upkeep. This also has**<br>**had an impact on donations from**<br>**the general public to charities.**<br>**However, we continue to receive**<br>**the support of Grant Trust**<br>**Organisations and Kent Horse**<br>**Rescue followers, who trust in**<br>**our work, ethics and objectives.**<br>**– this helps us continue to help**<br>**more horses throughout Kent,**<br>**Essex, Sussex, Surrey and**<br>**beyond.**<br>•<br>**We have continued our services,**<br>**support and advice for members**<br>**of the public whom are**<br>**struggling to care for their**<br>**equine/s due to unforeseen**<br>**circumstances (financial and/or**<br>**health problems), and have**<br>**assisted with advice and taking**<br>**into care equines for**<br>**rehabilitation and re-homing. **|





|•|**We have received and assisted**|
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||**with an increased number of calls**|
||**again over last year; from the**|
||**public, landowners and local**|
||**authorities, concerned for the**|
||**welfare and support of horses**|
||**locally.**|
|•|**We have responded to calls**|
||**where hprses have been**|
||**neglected, abandoned, and mis-**|
||**treated, or ‘dumped to die’.**|
|•|**We rescued / received into care**|
||**more horses and ponies than last**|
||**year, and attended, assisted and**|
||**helped to resolve many more**|
||**cases through advice on welfare,**|
||**procedure, legislation and local**|
||**resources to assist horses in**|
||**need.**|
|•|**We have rehabilitated all horses**|
||**brought ‘into-care’, and have had**|
||**great success in re-homing to**|
||**suitable homes.**|
|•|**The Website continues to provide**|
||**a valuable source of assistance**|
||**for the public: The Charity has**|
||**received more daily calls and**|
||**emails from the public via the**|
||**website, responding with advice,**|
||**contacting relevant land owners /**|
||**authorities and attending on site**|
||**where possible.**|
|•|**Social Media has in excess of**|
||**4,000 followers and growing, and**|
||**provides an almost instant**|
||**contact point and response**|
||**facility.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**We are pleased with the number of call**<br>**outs responded to, and the number of**<br>**equines we have been able to**<br>**rehabilitate, helped hugely by the**<br>**support of local Vets, our successful**<br>**rehabilitation programme, and the**<br>**income and donation funding as**<br>**mentioned above.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**Fundraising has been affected by the**<br>**cost of living crisis, but supplemented**<br>**by grant funding from various charitable**<br>**trusts. Donations received were mainly**<br>**as the result of members of the public /**<br>**supporters donating from their own**<br>**pockets, rather than fundraising**<br>**activities. We also have supporters who**<br>**have sponsored a horse from intake,**<br>**helping to fund medical care and**<br>**rehabilitation.**|





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|---|---|---|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**We have maintained overheads at a low**<br>**level, to a very efficient level – all**<br>**donations and grants etc. go directly to**<br>**the care of the horses. Expenditure  was**<br>**less than income, and we sustained**<br>**adequate cash flow. We also had**<br>**exceptional costs for vehicles,**<br>**equipment and facility maintenance,**<br>**which were accommodated. Veterinary**<br>**costs, feed and bedding were high due**<br>**to the large number of horses coming**<br>**into care.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other 



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable**<br>**Incorporated Organisation (CIO)**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**<br>**(CIO) (‘Foundation’ model constitution)**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**As per Constitution**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|**Kent Horse Rescue**|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1173911**|
|Charity’s principal address|Kent Horse Rescue<br>c/o 5 Liberty Square, Kings Hill<br>West Malling, Kent<br>ME19 4PU|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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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**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser **|||



## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**All Kent Horse Rescue Trustees and Contacts details / Addresses have Dispensation from the Charity Commission, and we confirm the necessity to keep these Dispensations.** 

• **We have in place Dispensation for withholding certain information from the Annual Report required by this section** 

## **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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|*||
|---|---|---|
||Trustee||
||<br> <br>Trustee||
||02/02/2025||
||02/02/2025||





|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|**1173911**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Kent Horse Rescue**<br>06/04/2023<br>05/04/2024<br>~~————-~~|
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|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**|**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
|Donations/Grants||17272.77||**-**||**-**||**17**|**17,273**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**17,273**||**-**||**-**||**17,273**|**17,273**||**-**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                           -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**17,273**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**17,273**<br>**-**<br>~~_———_—~~|||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
|Veterinary,Medical,Farrier|Farrier|**9,006**||**-**||**-**||**9**|**9,006**||**-**||
|Fuel/Transport||**3,943**||**-**||**-**||**3**|**3,943**||**-**||
|Insurance||**1,358**||**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,358**||**-**||
|Rent||**1,492**||**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,492**||**-**||
|Feed/Bedding||**8,202**||**-**||**-**||**8**|**8,202**||**-**||
|Equipment||**3,839**||**-**||**-**||**3**|**3,839**||**-**||
|Telephone/Power/Sundries||**777**||**-**||**-**||**777**|**777**||**-**||
|Vehicles/Maintenace||**2,941**||**-**||**-**||**2**|**2,941**||**-**||
|Security||**70**||**-**||**-**||**70**|**70**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**_Sub total_ **|**31,627**||**-**||**-**||**31,627**|**31,627**||**-**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                            -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**31,627**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**31,627**<br>**-**<br>~~———_——~~|||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**-                14,355**|**355**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-                14**|**-                14,355**|**355**|**-**|**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||**- **||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**26,610**|**26,610**|**-                            -**|**-                            -**|**-                            -**||**26**|**26,610**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**||**12,256**|**12,256**|**-**|**-**|**-                    12,256**|**-                    12,256**|**-                    12,256**|**-                    12,256**||**-**|**-**|



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))<br>Bank Account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Field Shelter<br>Small Trailer<br>Power Supply Equipment<br>Electrical Equipment<br>Yard Tractor<br>Field Rescue Vehicle<br>Horsebox Ambulance<br>**Details**<br>Rent due in next accounting year<br>Signature<br>Trustee*|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**12,256**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,256**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**1,200**<br>**400**<br>**450**<br>**250**<br>**200**<br>**3,250**<br>**7,500**<br>**-**<br>**13,250**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**720**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Trustee*|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
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||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**50**|
||||**50**|
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||||**750**|
||||**4,500**|
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||||**5,350**|
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||||**01 July 2024**|
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||Trustee*|Trustee*|08/08/2024|
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* Kent Horse Rescue has dispensation from the Charity Commission for withholding certain information from the Annual Report 

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