CREST FARM EQUINE CONNEcfioNS
Charity number 1191982
Trustees, Annual Report
and Accounts
for the period l January 2023 to 31 December 2023

Crest Faf m Equine Connectlons
Chariry Informarlon
for the year ended 31 Dttember 2023
Trustees
Julle 8oyer. Chairy>erson
Josephlne McCullou8h. Treasuref
Sjrnantha lrnne
NichoLis Bolas
Aildress
Crest Farrn
Yelsted Roèd
Yelsted
Kent
ME9 7UU
Rewstered Charrty Number 1191982
Ban
Barday$ 8ank
Independent Examlner
Steve 8rentnall

Structure. Governance and Mana8emenl
Crest Farm Equlne Connettlons ICFECI was reglstered as a chaflty In October 2020. The
charrty Is constliuted as a Charitable Incorporated Or8anl&itlon and ihe 8overninB
docurnent Is rts Constitutlon.
In appointlnB the first Trustee5 the obiective was to recruit a 8roup of people wrth skills.
knowled8e and experlence for the effective admlnlstraiion of ihe Charlty both to oversee
the 6overnJnce and management of the Charity but also to ensure the welfare of the horses
and ponles used In the charity5 work.
Before appolntment eath Tru51ee read and siBned CFEC Safeguardln8 Policy and In Ilne with
that polbcy has undertaken safe8uèidlrt8 Irèining as part of their Indtsction. Trustees are
iequiied to undertake o DBS thecK ènd ihi5 theck dnd safeguardin8 Irainlng musi be
renewed regularly.
Objectives and Activities
The objective of CFEC15 to promote social Incluslon the publlc benefrt by pre¥entln&
people from becomin8 socially excluded. reliewn8 ihe need5 of those people who are
50cially excluded and as5151in8 them to Inte6rate into sooety by enhancin8 Ilfe skllls of such
people throu8h Inieracllon wilh horRs and by ad¥ancln8 the educallon o15uth people and
those 5UPPOrtin8 Such people.
The main artlvlty is Restort. our flagshlp. evidence based equlne a5s1sted
behaviour chan8e PfO8ramme Is offered to partldpanls by referral from
piofessionals In mental health. sooal wark or educat￿n. The course Is delivered
I:1 by a traine(i facilitator fof 2 hours 4 day over 5 consecutive doys. Restart
partlclpant5 and thelr key worke15 recelve detailed feedbilLk dl the end of the
course. hand back and follow-up. In addrtion to Restart CFEC wlll also offer Lighter
Touch option5 such as top ups. tollored se5310ns and Éroup work diflerenl woyj
to help people at a lower level of need to prowde lon8er ierm support aftu a
Restart course.
The Trusrees declare lh* they have complled wlth their duty to have reBard5 to the
guidance on publlc benefft published by the Charrty Commission In exercisln8 theif powers
and dutles.

Achievements and Performance
In 2023 we dellvered 13 Restart courses and 29 Top Up sessions. We have found that some
of our particlpants, due to the difficultles they are experlenclng can lack confidence to
attend the full Restart over 5 days, to ensuie they feel confident and comfortable about
sratlng the programme we have started to offer shoft Introduttory sessioi)s where they
come to Crest Farm to meet the ponies and the facilltator and have an opportunity to see if
the programme is for them. We have offered 9 Introductory sessions and all potentlal
participants have 8one on to successfully complete Restart. We also developed and
delivered a well-belng programme for NHS staff whlch was delSvered to 3 8roups.
Flnancial Review
In the twelve months to 31 December 2023 we ralsed £25,64212022 £12.1991.
The malorlty of our funding comes from 8rants. This year we raised £24.(M)O from 3 funders.
Thls equate5 to 94% of our Sncome. The table below shows our funders for 2022-2023.
anisatbon
Pet5 Foundation
National Lottery Cornmunity Fund
Henry smith Charitable FOtsndat￿n
Amount raised £
lo.￿0
io.(¥)O
Course fees that were pald for by referrers accounted for 6% of income and donation5
accounted for less than 1%.
At the end of the financlal year we held reserves of É15.911. This was above our target of
holdin8 equivalent to 6 Restart courses in reserve.. this was due to a large grant of £10.000
beln8 recelved very shortly before the financlal yeaf.end.
Declaration
The Trustees dedare that ihey have approved the Trustees, report above
Sl8ned on behalf of the Trustees
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CHARITY COMMISSION
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