Horseworld Trust

Analysis

Horseworld Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06353944). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Horseworld Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £2.6m, spending 241% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.1m (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Horseworld Trust 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 British Beekeepers' Association (£1.1m), Horses and Ponies Protection Association (£1.1m) and Hopefield Animal Sanctuary (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, charitable activities 10%, investments 10% and trading 4.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £433k. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 54 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.