Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust

Analysis

Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05400159). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust reported income of £93k and spending of £107k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £78k to £93k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 299%. Over the whole period it spent 167% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rossendale Responsible Animal Rescue (Rrar) (£93k), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Alton, Haslemere and Petersfield Branch (£93k) and The Rhodesian Ridgeback Welfare Trust (£92k).

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.