Horses and Ponies Protection Association

Analysis

Horses and Ponies Protection Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04062415). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Horses and Ponies Protection Association reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.7m, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £722k to £1.1m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Horses and Ponies Protection Association sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horseworld Trust (£1.1m), Suffolk Owl Sanctuary (£1.1m) and British Beekeepers' Association (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55%, trading 37%, charitable activities 3.6% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £440k. Charitable activities took 43% of spending and raising funds 56%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.