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Communities For Horses – Registered Charity No. 1180625 – Annual Report 2022/2023

TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND UNAUDITED

ACCOUNTS

FOR THE PERIOD 4 APRIL 2022 TO 3 APRIL 2023

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Communities For Horses – Registered Charity No. 1180625 – Annual Report 2022/2023

CONTENTS PAGE
Trustees’ Report:
Reference and administration details 3
Structure, governance, and management 4
Objectives and activities 5
Achievements and performance 5
Rehoming 6
Advocating to improve equine welfare 6
Responding to requests for support 6
Improving equine welfare knowledge workshops 6
Aspirations of the charity 7
Financial review, acknowledgements and declaration 7
Receipts and Payments Accounts 8
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 9

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TRUSTEES’ REPORT

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS

Charity name Communities For Horses Other names charity is known by CFH Registered charity number 1180625 Principal address 2 Coach House Mews Ranmore Surrey RH5 6SX

CHARITY TRUSTEES

Ana Pombo Rose Joanna Hockenhull Melissa Upjohn

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Type of governing document:

How the charity is constituted:

Trust Deed 01/11/18 Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

Our Trustees

Our trustees are appointed by resolution of existing trustees at a recruitment meeting (governing document section 10.1). Once appointed, the trustees are brought up to date on current activities and the necessary administration, either at a meeting in person or online. Our trustees are appointed for their relevant expertise and specific training is not often required but is available if appropriate.

Our Organisational structure

Communities For Horses (CFH) has two co-founders. There are three trustees appointed who meet regularly and are responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the charity.

Policy on financial reserves

The policy on reserves is to avoid holding excessive funds to maximise spend on our charitable objectives. Large reserves are not currently required as CFH has minimal fixed costs and programmes of work are only undertaken when funding has been secured and with a clear remit. However, the charity trustees agreed to hold a reserve balance to make sure public liability insurance and phone credit costs each month could be covered, as well as potential euthanasia costs, enabling the welfare officer to still attend emergency welfare cases and operate the phone line. The trustees review the policy on an annual basis to ensure that it is still relevant as the charity develops. In light of increased inflation, the agreed reserve balance at the end of this period was £1,700.

Risk management and mitigation

CFH does not own premises or offices and does not have significant running costs. CFH has public liability insurance which covers all staff members and volunteers. Furthermore, all our policies and procedures are reviewed by the trustees annually.

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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Our charity works with communities where horses are a key part of the heritage and life of the people who live there. A foundation of our approach is that we are trusted within the communities. We are the point of contact for many horse owners for information and help. We have formed relationships built on trust within and through years of work in communities we have formed relationships with many horse owners. This enables us to monitor welfare issues, take action where needed and focus on prevention and mitigation of problems.

The charity works in an area of high-level economic deprivation and low educational attainment. Historically this has led to widespread failure to meet the standards set by animal welfare legislation, in some communities. Additionally, visible occurrences of equine welfare failure create problems with the wider communities and the Authorities, which in turn can reinforce feelings of ostracism, create tension and prevent resolution of the underlying problems.

The core aim of the charity is to prevent equine suffering and promote humane behaviour towards equines through educational methods tailored to the communities in which we serve. Our charitable aims and objectives are detailed below along with a summary of the main activities undertaken to deliver benefit to the community.

Summary of charity objectives as set out in the governing document:

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objectives:

All the charity trustees have regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance and take it into account when making decisions to which that guidance is relevant.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

We have spent the year 2022-23 consolidating our position, both within our community and more broadly with our collaborators and the wider equine welfare sector. While continuing to respond to

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community needs we have been strategising how best to drive sustainable change to positively impact equine welfare and the communities we work with.

Summary of the main achievements 4 APRIL 2022 to 3 APRIL 2023:

Rehoming

Daisy, who came into our care as a severely emaciated young horse, riddled with a heavy worm burden and covered in sores from an lice infestation, in 2020, went to her new home in November 2022. During her time with us we worked hard to improve the effects of starvation and neglect. We patiently shaped her behaviour with positive reinforcement so she enjoyed being in the company of humans and being handled, as well as being comfortable around the vet and farrier, we trained Daisy, in line with LIMA principles, to equip her with the skills she needed to thrive in her new home. Before she left us she had also begun her education as a ridden horse.

In the spring of 2023 we supported a community member following a period of significant traumatic loss and rehomed a horse for them, a Thoroughbred gelding, who had severe conformational issues. We provided the security of a new home for the horse so he wouldn't be passed around. We worked collaboratively with other equine welfare organisations to secure a new home where his needs could be met.

Advocating to improve equine welfare – CFH working in collaboration with other animal welfare organisations

Communities For Horses works hard to advocate for equine welfare within and outside our community. We represent our community and the specific challenges they face to the devolved government through Animal Welfare Network Wales, as well as through their Equine Working Group, and at a national level through the British Horse Council. We also attended the annual World Horse Welfare conference.

We also assist the British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association to deliver training in Wales. The introduction to equine handling and psychology was part of a wider qualification enabling firefighters to safely rescue horses and other large animals. Equine rescue training equips firefighters with the knowledge of how horses behave in stressful situations and how to safely handle them to ensure the best possible outcome for both the horse and the rescuer.

Responding to requests for support

Throughout the year our equine welfare officer and volunteers responded to requests for advice, reports of welfare concerns and requests for support from members of the local community, and more widely.

Improving equine welfare knowledge Workshops

During the winter of 2022 we were asked if we could deliver one of our worming workshops at a Traveller site, where we focused on the control and treatment of internal parasites in equines.

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ASPIRATIONS OF THE CHARITY

Building on our experience to date we aspire to:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank our supporters, especially those who have donated money to fund our work and our wonderful volunteers.

DECLARATION

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Ana Pombo Rose Joanna Hockenhull

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position at the end of the reporting period:

During the 12-month period ending 3[rd] April 2023 CFH had total receipts of £20,838 which were higher than the total amount of payments for the same period (£5,595). Cash Funds as of 3[rd] April 2023 were £16,536 most of which were restricted funds.

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Communities For Horses- Registered Charity No. 1180625- Annual Report 202212023 Section A Recei pts and payments Urbre5trKted nds

the n¢arE¥t Re5trwA&l funds EndowtThent funds Tolal fund5 La%t y tothe neI￿•t£ tothe ne&re•t£ A1 Rol 4,3711 15,33J 19,T03 12,471 Chantsbk Athvrtie¥ other 4IthMtie Sub total (Gross income for AR) A2 Assrtand mv•skn•nt sal•5, os ISJ3J Sub total Total rnceipts 15JJ3 11116 A?Pa Cost olCh8rrtats Oltter E)pen5es 13.823 547 654 Sub total 3021 I,F74 14,675 A4Ass•tand knvesthert purchas•4 ls••tsbknl Sub total Total payments 3*21 I,n4 1467S Met of rnc•ipts/(paymentsJ A5 Tran5fws funds A6 Cash fvnds ksty&r end Cash funds this yearend 1,604 13.559 1&24J I,￿3 2,853 1,764 14,71 16,536 1,293

Communities For Horses – Registered Charity No. 1180625 – Annual Report 2022/2023

Fund details:

No funds are in deficit. There have been no transfers between funds.

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Communities for Horses Communities for Horses 1180625
Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
For the period
from		 04/04/2022 To 03/04/2023

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
4,370
1,135
-
-
5,505
-
-
-
5,505
58
3,109
654
-
3,821
-
-
-
3,821
1,684
80
1,764		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
15,333
-
-
-
15,333
-
-
-
15,333
30
1,744
-
-
1,774
-
-
-
1,774
13,559
-
1,213
14,772		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
to the nearest £
19,703
1,135
-
-
20,838
-
-
-
20,838
88
4,853
654
-
5,595
-
-
-
5,595
15,243		 Total funds
to the nearest £
19,703
1,135
-
-
20,838
-
-
-
20,838
88
4,853
654
-
5,595
-
-
-
5,595
15,243		 Last year
to the nearest £
Donations 4,370 12,477
Charitable Activities 1,135 -
Other Activities - 638
- -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 5,505 13,115
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
13,115
Cost of RaisingFunds 58 305
Cost of Charitable Activities 3,109 13,823
Other Expenses 654 547
- -
**Sub total ** 3,821 14,675
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
-
-
**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
14,675
1,684 13,559 - 15,243 - 1,560
- - - -
80 1,213 - 1,293 2,853
1,764 14,772 - 16,536 1,293

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

25/01/2024

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B2 Other monetary assets
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets		 Signature
Current accounts
Details
Details
Equipment & Fittings
Other Assets
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
None
Details
Details
Total		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
1,764
14,772
-
-
1,764
14,772
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Restricted
2,571
Restricted
5,751
-
-
8,322
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
-
-
-
Print Name
Ana Pombo Rose
Joanna Hockenhull		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
Current value
(optional)
N/A
N/A
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Ana Pombo Rose 28/01/2024
Joanna Hockenhull 28/01/2024

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

25/01/2024

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