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**2023**| ## Section A Reference and administration details > **Charity name The London Horseplay Centre** **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any) 1174851 Charity's principal address Homestead Farm 106 Galley lane Barnet Postcode EN5 4AL** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Frances**
**Sturridge**|**Treasurer**||| ||**Heather**
**Couchman**|**Chair**||| ||**Androniki**
**Appleton**|**Secretary**||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** ||**Name**|**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||| |**Susan Coade**|||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** CIO Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. March **2012** **TAR** 2 **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** _**‘ ‘To relieve adults and children/young people with a charitable need in particular, but not limited to those with mental and emotional disabilities, who have become disengaged from main system support, through horse related therapy programmes to promote their health and well-being and re engage them with society through the development of core skills.’**_ ## **TheHorseCourse** The London Horseplay Centre has been approved as a centre to run ‘TheHorseCourse’, a high powered intervention aimed at children/young people and adults who are not responding to ‘talk based’ therapies. The course consists of working 1:1 with an Approved Facilitator and specially trained horses, who give ‘in the moment’ feedback. The focus is on developing 8 core psychological & social skills: **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** - Assertiveness - Focus & Perseverance - Taking Responsibility for actions & emotions - Empathy (noticing the needs of others) - Calmness - Realistic Planning & Analysis of situations - Communication & language - Engagement as a learner These are real life skills which participants can take a way with them and use in everyday situations, helping prevent escalation into statutory services Fully funded course places during this period for TheHorseCourse have come from : **The National Lottery Community Fund Hertfordshire Community Foundation Youth Barnet Foundation** March **2012** **TAR** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The objects of the Trust are to help people at risk of social exclusion through an innovative horse-powered intervention programme. During the period we have been able to run 18 courses (getting participant numbers back up to pre pandemic levels). We have also received funding to support weekly 1 hour sessions throughout the Winter, for those needing something on a more regular basis. These have been funded by individual organisations as well as the Youth Barnet Foundation. The feedback from the professionals who have referred participants and participants themselves is positive, indicating improvements in self-esteem, anxiety and behaviour issues as well as improved engagement in learning. TheHorseCourse Dorset (HO) is continuing to train new facilitators, one of whom joined our team during the Summer to run courses. The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting the grant making policy for the year. March **2012** **TAR** 4 **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** There is no reserves policy. We currently rely on apply for grants to cover project costs . All of our courses and sessions run on a full cost recovery basis and we only offer places when we have funding available. ## **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Heather Couchman **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair **Date** 4th April 2024 March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **The London Horseplay Centre** Accounts Octtober 2022-23 ## **Registration of Charity 26.09.17** ||**Income**||**Expenses**| |---|---|---|---| |Oct-22|£0.00||£5.80| |Nov-22|£0||£5.00| |Dec-22|£4,500.00|HCF|£5.40| |Jan-23|£9,750.00|National Lottery|£5.00| ||£550.00|Noa|| |Feb-23|£0.00||£5.40| |Mar-23|£0.00||£5.00| |Apr-23|£210|Space2Grow|£5.00| |May-23|£13|Amazon|£5.00| |---|---|---|---| ||£2,700.00|Space2Grow|| |Jun-23|£550.00|Noa|£5.40| |Jul-23|£0.00||£5.80| |Aug-23|£0.00||£5.00| |Sep-23|£550.00|Noa|£5.80| ||**###**||**£63.60**| ## **Salary** £2,750 £0.00 £750.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £4,960.00 £1,200.00 £3,700.00 £1,800.00 £3,450.00 **###**