The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust

Analysis

The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust reported income of £109k and spending of £51k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £18k to £109k (+497%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include League of Friends of Derriford Hospital (£109k), Servedirect (£109k) and The Noise Abatement Society (£109k).