The Pony Club

Analysis

The Pony Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwick. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and animals, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03072475). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pony Club reported income of £13.8m and spending of £13.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11.2m to £13.8m (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Pony Club sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coventry Sports Foundation (£12.2m), Cardiff University Students' Union (£14.0m) and The Mount Kelly Foundation (£12.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, donations and legacies 6.9%, trading 1.6% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.5%. Reserves of £9.3m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.