Parkfield Equine Solutions Charity number 1182747 Trustees, Annual Report and Accounts for the period l April 2023 to 31 March 2024
Parkfield Equine Solutions Charity Information for the year ended 31 March 202 Trustees Ines Harrison Chairperson Josephine Mccullough, Treasurer Linda Jordan Sara Devries Louise 5hara Mattock Address Parkfield Stables Bedlam Street Hurstpierpoint West Sussex BN6 9EW Registered Charity Number 1182747 Bank Metro Bank One Southampton Row London WCIB SHA Independent Examiner Steve Brentnall
Structure, Governance and Management Parkfield Equine Solutions {PESI was registered as a charity on 2 April 2019. The charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and the governin8 document is its Constitution. In appointing the first Trustees the objective was to recruit a group of people with skills. knowledge and experience for the effective administration of the Charity both to oversee the 8overnance and management of the Charity but also to ensure the welfare of the horses and ponies used in the charittys work. Before appointment each Trustee read and signed PES Safeguarding Policy and in line with that policy has undertaken safeguarding trainin8 as part of their induction. Trustees are required to undertake a DBS check, and this check and safeguarding training must be renewed re8ularly. Objectives and Activities The objertive of PES is to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded. relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society by enhancing life skills of such people through interaction with horses and by advancing the education of such people and those supporting such people. The main activity is Restart, our flagship. evidence based equine assisted behaviour change programme is offered to participants by referral from professionals in mental health. social work or education. The course is delivered I:1 by a trained facilitator for 2 hours a day over S consecutive days. Restart participants and their key workers receive detailed feedback at the end of the course. hand back and follow-up. The Trustees declare that they have complied with their duty to have regards to the 8uidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers and duties.
Achievements and Performance We continue to offer Ihe llagship Resran course. this year we delivered over 30 Restart programmes. We contknue to offer ongoin8 SUPPOrt to participants by delivering Top Up sessions following Restart.. we have rea]ired how powerful a short top up can be and have become more responslve ro participants individual needs in the numberldurauon of top ups they receive. To accommodate those with Icss iniensive need and offer a more flexible appr03ch to alrending we have staned to offer weekly sessions with weekday or weekend awdilabiliry. We continue io forn) parLnerships with other organisation& in the year we have worked with new partners Gateway Women's Centre and Change Grow Live and continued to work with the Sid Youth organizauon. Our work has developed since we iauncbed it to work with groups of participants. One of our P2mieTships in this setting has been with the Psychology deparuneDt in Brighton - supporting their Trauma Stabilisation Courses. P05t-COVID we developed and delivered well-being workshops to NHS staff, and these have continued over the lasi year supFx)rtin8 NHS staff suffering stress arkd aThxiery. The most powerful expression of our achievements comes from our participants themselves. Here are some thing$ they have toia us: fjrheJpedDJe controlJny3nger. "Ifelt CalmerandUndetaDdrnY emoDoDs more.- School group excluded or tisk of excl10 hank you for the incredible experience at Parkfield Equine Solutions. I have never done anything like that before and rf someone had told me how I would feel I wouldny have believed them. Gmoming George was amazing. He was so calm and when he nuzzled into my shoulder, I felt a connection with him that I wouldnl have thought possible. I could have stayed with him for hours. Also walking and trolling along&de Alice was something I would never have thought I could 198ined lots of knowledge about these beautifvl horses and it was gre8t lo meet the ladies there and a honour lo see thè trust and bond between these inspiration81 ladies and their horses. I left wrfh a wonderful feeling of calmness in my body especially in my chest which I very rarely hava.. Gateway Wornen's Centre participant.
Financial Review In the twelve months to 31 March 2024 we raised £71.887, an increase of over £21.IX)O and 44% on the previous year. Makin8 2023-2024 our most successful year to date. The majority of our fundin8 comes from grants. This yearwe raised £58.775 from 7 funders. This equates to 82% of our income. The table below shows our funders for 2022-2023. Organisation Pets at Home Foundation National Lottery Community Fund Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust Sussex Communit Fund D'oyly Carte Charitable Trust The KFC Foundation Amount raised £ 20.000 10.OCw) 8.125 6.500 7.650 2.500 Pets at Home Foundation. D'oyly Carte Charitable Trust and The KFC Foundation were new funders in 2023-24. We are extremely grateful forthe support of all our funders. Course fees that were paid for by referrers accounted for 14% of income and donations accounted for 4%. At the end of the financial year we held reserves of £5.869. This is slightly below our target of holding equivalent to 6 Restart courses in reserve. Payment to Trustee. Trustees agreed to payments totalling £2.006 {£4.283 in 2022-23) to Sara Devries for her services as a freelance facilitator during 2023-2024. Sara is a qualified facilitator accredited by TheHorseCourse. The Trustees considered her qualification and skills to be such that there are very few other facilitators that could offer their services. Declaration The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees, report above Signed on behalf of the Trustees Signature Full name Position Date
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Parkfield Equln• S110 1182747 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For tho p•rlod from 01vApf.23 3141•1.24 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrostrlctod funds Restritled funds Endowm•nt funds Tolal lund$ Last yèar lo th• n•arnst loth• riTM¢ £ 10 th• n•r•it£ to th• n•ar••l£ toth• n•ar••t £ A1 Recei Grants 58,775 58.715 43,250 3.159 3.618 3.022 10.090 10.090 Sub totsl(Gross income for AR) 11112 .775 71M7 50.027 A2 Asset and Investment sales. {see table). Sub total 13.112 S8.775 71A87 50.027 A3Pa ènts Course costs 1Z090 65.164 77254 47,411 710 561 516 857 Insuranc Equipment & wr Volunteer cosls 561 1,103 561 1.103 Sub total 14.092 15,512 50.055 A4 Asset and Investment purchases. see table Sub total Totslpayments 14,(132 6%S12 79 50.055 Net of reCeIpt{payMents) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash ndS last year end Cash funds thls year end 6.737 7.717 28 .114 5.134 7,472 73 13,588 4869 13.614 13,$86
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unf•strlct•d R•strlct•d lunds funds Endowm•nt funds Cal•9Ofi•& DBtails 81 Ca•h funds Bafik Total cash funds 1134 735 •)) Unr•#trfet•d tund R••trtct•d fvnd• funds Detalls hkh C4wr•otTrtIu• O•talls - >iaa Cwf•nttAI D¢tall$ 84 Assets r•tsln•d for the charlty's own Fwxl lo whlch knount du• th•n dy• Detslts BS Uabllltles shan by on• or Iwo InAtees boh1 ol al Ihe Iruste SKJnature Print Name Date of roval 19111 Iq/ii/2
INDEPENDENT EXAMtNER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF PJIRKFIELD EQUINE SOLUTIONS IRegi5tered Charity No. 11827471 I report on the accounts of Parkfield Equine SoluiioT]5 forthc year ended 3 1ST M2rch 2024 which are S¢L Out on pag¢s 5 6. Re$pective regPOlJ5ibilltles of trnsteey and eiuminer The chariws ttu5te¢$ arc rcsponsiblc for ih¢ prcparation of the accounts. Thc Cliano$ tr[ec5 con5id¢r that an audit is noi required for diis y¢&r undcr scction 14412) of ihc CliaTltie5 Aci 2011 Itlic 2Ql l Act) and thai an indcpciident cxaminalion is nc¢ded. Having satisficd myself ihat tlie tliarity is ¢ligiblL. for indcp¢ndcnt cxamination, it is my responsibility ro • examine the ac¢ounts under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act: to follow tlic proGrdure5 laid down in tl)e bYi)eral DiN'ctioiis giv¢n by thc Charity Conunission under section 145(51(b) of thc 2011 Act- and io stale whether particular maii¢rs hAve Come io my lllt¢ntion. Bas1$ of Independent examiner's statement My examination ivas carried out ij accordunce wilh Ihe general Direclions given by tlie Charity Commission. An examination includes a review ofihe accovnting records kepi by Ilie charity and a comparison of ihe accoiints presenitd wil) tliose records. It also includes consideraiion of any unusual items or disclosures irt rhe accounls. and seeking explrLnations from you as irusie¢s conceniin8 llny.such maners. Tl)c procedure5 u1)derk¢U do nol provide all Ihe evidence Ihol would be required in an audit and consequenily no opinion is given as to whether lh¢ ¥Èccount5 present a'true and foir iiew, #nd the report is limitcd to thos¢ motlcis sct out in th¢ stal¢m¢ni b¢S01v. Independent examlner's stgt¢m¢nt In coiineciion ivith my ex#minotion. no material matters have come lo my atteniion which give me cause to believe lha¢ in. any mat¢rial respe¢i: accounting record$ ivcre not kept in accordallee with section 130 of ihe 2011 A¢1. or Ihe accounts do iiot accord wilh Ihc accounlin8 r¢cords. I h&v¢ ¢om¢ across no oth¢r matters in coTmeetlOD Ivith thc cxaminalion to whi¢h attcnlion should b¢ drawn in order to enable a piopervndersthnding of thE accounts io be rcached. Signcd by :" Siev¢ Br¢ntsitJll l mdOW Vicw C.otlagcs ToNTr Littleworth BN8 4TH Dule..