## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1st January 2025 To 31st December 2025**
**Charity name: Exeter Equine Care Trust**
**Charity registration number: 1188994**
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Exeter Equine Care Trust was established as a charity for the following purpose:-**
## **Activities during the period:-**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote humane behaviour towards
animals by providing appropriate care,
protection, treatment and security for
horses which are in need of care and
attention as a result of their owners being
unable to care for them, or rehome them by
providing a home for as long as needed
where the horse’s retirement, behavioural
or health needs will be managed, and
where possible, they will be rehomed safely
elsewhere.
To educate the public in matters pertaining
to equine welfare and the prevention of
cruelty and suffering.|
|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|
Trustees focussed in 2025 on fund-raising
to support horses and increasing the
community engagement activity
programme.
Trustees focused energy on events and
online engagement with supporters and
donors, increasing the social media profile
and raising awareness of the various ways
supporters can donate cash or time.
Three grants were secured towards the
end of the year;
a. An educational grant of £881 from
Devon County Council under their
“Places to Go-Things to Do”fund|
|||for materials in our sessions with
the community
b. Exeter City Council also awarded
the charity a £1,000 grant to
continue to provide volunteering
opportunities to the community, and
help fund the site maintenance and
equipment the volunteers use.
c. A grant of £14,477 was awarded by
the National Lottery Community
Fund towards creating a new
Outdoor Safe Space for volunteers
and the public to engage safely with
horses.
Our supporters generously raised the
necessary match funding of £1,450
required for these projects.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have complied with our duty to
have due regard to the commission's public
benefit guidance when exercising any
powers or duties to which the guidance is
relevant.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
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SORP reference||
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Trustees would like to thank the daily
contribution from volunteers at Hilltop
without whom we would not be able to
provide the level of equine welfare our
retired horses deserve, offer well-being
placements, nor engage regularly with
community groups.|
|Other||
Not applicable|
## **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|Trustees, Volunteers and Supporters were
tireless in their efforts in 2025.
Working with the riding school located on
site the charity was able to interact with the
public at events to promote equine welfare,
as well as run an inclusive volunteer
programme which provides opportunities
for personal wellbeing, good health and
learning through interaction with the
horses, as well as plan for the future.|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Not applicable|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Not applicable|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Total receipts on unrestricted funds were
£7,249 from fund-raising and donations in
2025, plus £16,358 in grants.
Payments of £5,251 were made to third
parties in 2024, in addition to volunteer
time and donated goods.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees have an agreed aim to
establish unrestricted reserves of £6k being
sufficient to support 4 horses extra-ordinary
needs for a year.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|
Designated reserves for projects of
£17,383 plus £6,902 of general reserves as
at 31st December 2025
Total £24.286|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Not applicable|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are are a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation (CIO) registered with the
Charity Commission on 9 April 2020,
registration number 118894|
|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|Trustees are nominated and elected
according to the adopted constitution.
During the period there were no changes to
the initially appointed Trustees.
Meetings are chaired by appointment
amongst attending Trustees at each
meeting.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Not applicable|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Not applicable|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Exeter Equine Care Trust|
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Other name the charity uses||
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Registered charity number|1188994|
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Charity’s principal address|Hilltop Riding School
Pennsylvania Road
Exeter
EX4 5BN|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name** Not applicable
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|NONE|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Not applicable|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|Not applicable|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Not applicable
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature**|||
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|**Full name(s)**|Katherine
Hoskins|Sonia Lowe|
|**Position**|Treasurer|Trustee|
|**Date**|30/3/26|30/3/26|
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||**For the period**
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**-**
**2,574-**||**-**
**1,453-**||**-**
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**4,027-**||**-**
**3,449-**|
|Fundraising proceeds|**-**
**1,769-**||**-**
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**1,769-**||**-**
**1,630-**|
|Grants|**-**
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**16,358-**||**-**
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**-**
**4,343-**||**-**
**17,811-**||**-**
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**22,154-**||**-**
**5,079-**|
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|Administration and Fundraising (website,
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**893-**||**-**
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**385-**|
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Equine supplies (bedding, feed, worming,
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||**_Total receipts_ **||**-**|**4,343-**|||**-**|**17,811-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**22,154-**|||**-**|**5,079-**||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||||
|Administration and Fundraising (website,|||**-**|**893-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**893-**|||**-**|**385-**||
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|Projects funded by Grants|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**927-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**927-**|||**-**|**--**||
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|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**|**6,883-**|||**-**|**500-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**7,383-**|||**-**|**3,921-**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**-**|**6,902-**|||**-**|**17,384-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**24,286-**|||**-**|**7,383-**||
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**B1**|**Cash**|**funds**|Bank and Cash||||**-**|**6,883-**|||**-**|**500-**|||**-**|**--**||
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|**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|(agree balances with receipts and payments account
(s))
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## **B5 Liabilities**
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