## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 06/04/2024 Period start date To 05/04/2025 Period end date** **Charity name: Kent Horse Rescue** **Charity registration number: 1173911** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. FOR**
**THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO**
**RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF EQUINES**
**IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION,**
**PROVIDING ‘INTO-CARE’ RESCUE**
**FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION,**
**CARE, TREATMENT AND**
**REHABILITATION OF SUCH EQUINES**
**UNTIL THEY ARE WELL ENOUGH FOR**
**SUITABLE RE-HOMING. 2. TO**
**PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR AND**
**CARE TOWARDS EQUINES BY**
**PROVIDING EDUCATION TO THE**
**PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO**
**EQUINE WELFARE IN GENERAL AND**
**THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND**
**SUFFERING AMONG EQUINES.**| |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|**1. Advice to public: receiving calls**
**from the public via telephone,**
**social media or website,**
**regarding their concerns of**
**suffering / abandoned equines.**
**2. Providing advice regarding**
**equine welfare; practical,**
**procedural, legislations and**
**DEFRA codes.**
**3. Providing a call out physical**
**response service**
**4. Providing equine rescue /**
**transport service for suffering /**
**abandoned equines to a place of**
**safety / welfare care.**
**5. Providing welfare care /**
**veterinary assistance etc. for**
**immediate welfare issues.**
**6. Providing rehabilitation of**
**sick/suffering equines**
**7. Providing re-homing advice and**
**assistance**| Statement confirming Para 1.18 **The services provided by Kent Horse** whether the trustees have **Rescue are for the benefit of the public** had regard to the guidance **where they have concerns for equine** issued by the Charity **and public safety / welfare.** Commission on public benefit ## **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
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Kent Horse Rescue is operated entirely**
**by volunteers**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**Kent Horse Rescue has achieved a lot in**
**the seventh year as a registered charity:**
•
**Similar to last year, the cost of**
**living crisis continues to impact**
**on the care of equines as owners**
**find it more difficult to afford their**
**upkeep. Fundraising continues to**
**impact donations from the**
**general public to charities. We**
**have continued to receive the**
**support of Grant Trust**
**Organisations and Kent Horse**
**Rescue followers, who trust in**
**our work, ethics and objectives.**
**– this helps us continue to help**
**more horses throughout Kent,**
**Essex, Sussex, Surrey and**
**beyond.**
•
**We have continued our services,**
**support and advice for members**
**of the public whom are**
**struggling to care for their**
**equine/s due to unforeseen**| ||**circumstances (financial and/or**| |---|---| ||**health problems), and have**| ||**assisted with advice and taking**| ||**into care equines for**| ||**rehabilitation and re-homing.**| |•|**We have received and assisted**| ||**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 continued to respond to**| ||**calls where horses 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 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 and social media**| ||**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 and**| ||**social media, wherewith 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
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We are pleased with the number of call**
**outs responded to, and the number of**
**equines we have been able to**
**rehabilitate, helped hugely by the**
**support of local Vets, our successful**
**rehabilitation programme, and the**
**income and donation funding as**
**mentioned above.**| |---|---|---| ||Para 1.41|**Fundraising has been affected by the**
**cost of living crisis, but supplemented**
**by grant funding from various charitable**
**trusts. Donations received were mainly**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set||**as the result of members of the public /**
**supporters donating from their own**
**pockets, rather than fundraising**
**activities. Some supporters raise funds**
**for the charity via on-line auction sites.**
**We also have supporters who have**
**sponsored a horse from intake, helping**
**to fund medical care and rehabilitation.**| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||**Accommodation for rescues has been**
**increased and updated with the**
**installation of an additional double field**
**stable / shelter.**
**The principle rescue vehicle has been**
**upgraded with the assistance of grant**
**funding. **| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We have continued to maintain**
**overheads at a low and very efficient**
**level – such that all donations and**
**grants etc. go directly to the care of the**
**horses. Expenditure was less than**
**income, and we sustained adequate**
**cash flow. We also had exceptional**
**costs for vehicles, equipment and**
**facility maintenance, which were**
**accommodated. Veterinary costs, feed**
**and bedding were high due to the large**
**number of horses coming into care.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
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
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (CIO)**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(CIO) (‘Foundation’ model constitution)**| |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|**As per Constitution**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties 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
c/o 5 Liberty Square, Kings Hill
West Malling, Kent
ME19 4PU| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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Exemptions|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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(HARttY COMMISSION ¥OR ENGLAND ANO WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe wiod Section A Receipts and payments Tolal funds Last y•ar tr•thp Aiwe5t£ A1 S&• total(Lknss inconE fiprAR) 873 1IS16 1Q.447 7.1 1511 111.441 7.11• 151t X56J purchase4 (see table) 54563 1J10 1.310 A6 Cash funds last year end 12.256 12.256 13.565 Pago1of2 01A)2r2026 Section 8 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period RestiiGied lunds EndotArm¢nt funds fimds 81 Cash fthid5 Totalcash fimds 13.565 fund5 l¢ml) B4 Assets relav*dforthe charity's 011m I 140 Sgned by (m ( 29111r2026 Pag• 2 d2 Inde dent Examlners Horse 1173 li Iyeare 12024-P Basis af Independent Exarninerfs Statement My examination was carried in accordan￿ with generdl directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination indudes a review of the accounting ￿CordS kept by the charity and comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also inthdes consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures urKlertaken do not provide all the eviden￿ that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is as to whether the accounts presented a true and fair view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below. Independent Examlnerfs Staten*nt In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: l. which gives me reasonable cause to bef*ve that in. any material respect. requirements". to keep accounting records in accordan￿ with section 130 of the charities art to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the charities Kt have not been met: or 2. to which. in my opinion. attentlon shoukl be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be rexhed. Sgned: Date: I Ig/26 Name: Relevant professional qualification or Ixmty: 11 To whom It May C(xKem: MLwminatiOn Wds carried (xrt in ac￿[dan￿ with 8eneral directiMS given by the Charity Commlssion. An examination indudes a mlew of the accounting records kept by the tharlty and comparison of the accounts presented with tho* records. It also indudes c(￿s￿leratiOn of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matte(& The procethres undertaken do not provKle all the eviden￿ that would be required in an a￿1[ and corwquently no opini{￿ is 8iven asto whethvthe accounts presented a true and fair view and the rel￿ is limited to those matters set (Nrt in the statements below. l. whxh 8hes me reasonable cause to bef*ve that In. any materfal respecL the requirements: to keep accounting records in act￿￿n￿ with section 130 of the charities act: to prepare accounts whith accord ￿th the accountir¥ records and COM￿ with the accountin8 requirements of the charities act have not been met. or 2. to whlth. in my opini(￿. attention shoukl be drawn in ￿dertO enable a proper understa￿ry ofthe *xounts to be ￿d￿l. Signed: Name: Qps Relevant professional qualifKation or boty.