The Armed Forces Equine Charity

Analysis

The Armed Forces Equine Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11843722). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Armed Forces Equine Charity reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.5m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £268k to £1.6m (+503%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 342%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Armed Forces Equine Charity 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardiff Mind Ltd (£1.6m), The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (£1.6m) and Congregation of the Ursulines of Jesus (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 82%, charitable activities 14% and donations and legacies 3.9%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. It employed 34 people.