BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY(THE)
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Cash
£5.6m
+2.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.8m
+3.1% vs 2024
Employees
175
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£264k
+130.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
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Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £709,000 | £15,996,000 | £17,655,000 | +10.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£908,000 | £18,900,000 | +2,181.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£873,000 | £264,000 | +130.2% | |
| Net profit | £79,000 | -£873,000 | £264,000 | +130.2% | |
| Cash | £2,155,000 | £5,436,000 | £5,565,000 | +2.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,740,000 | £8,872,000 | £9,150,000 | +3.1% | |
| Net assets | £9,434,000 | £8,561,000 | £8,825,000 | +3.1% | |
| Equity | £9,434,000 | £8,561,000 | £8,825,000 | +3.1% | |
| Average employees | 174 | 175 | 175 | 0% | |
| Wages | £6,271,000 | £6,629,000 | £6,886,000 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £12,251 | £25,168 | +105.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -5.7% | 107.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.1% | -5.5% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -10.2% | 206.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.5% | 45.4% | 34.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.34x | 1.49x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees confirm that they consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements, and do not consider that there are any material uncertainties to the group's ability to continue to do so over a period of at least 12 months”
Group structure
- BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY(THE) · parent
- The British Horse Society (Trading Company) Limited 100%
- The British Horse Society Qualifications Limited 100%
- The College of the Horse Limited 100%
- Equestrian Education Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2023, the Society committed to a contract to install and deliver enhancements to a Microsoft Dynamics platform... The total commitment at year end was £391k.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 165 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD, Alexis | Secretary | 2024-09-03 | — | — |
| GREENWOOD, Nicola Suzanne | Director | 2022-06-29 | Feb 1974 | British |
| GREGORY, Samantha Claire | Director | 2024-07-11 | Jul 1981 | British |
| GRIEVE, Lucy Barbara Elizabeth | Director | 2025-07-17 | Aug 1982 | British |
| GRIFFIN, Susan | Director | 2025-07-17 | Oct 1959 | British |
| HARE, Jonathan Arthur | Director | 2026-07-16 | Jun 1967 | British |
| HILLIER, Victoria | Director | 2026-07-16 | Nov 1985 | British |
| MCCARTHY, Sally | Director | 2026-07-16 | Jan 1977 | British |
| SILCOCK, Karen | Director | 2021-06-30 | May 1959 | British |
| SPENCER-WILLIAMS, Sarah | Director | 2025-07-17 | Mar 1966 | British |
| STENNETT, Philip Andrew | Director | 2025-07-17 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 165 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORY, Graham Michael, Dr | Secretary | 2004-05-27 | 2012-09-25 |
| DAVIES, Hywel William | Secretary | 1999-08-01 | 2000-07-08 |
| DRIVER, Katherine Isabel | Secretary | 2001-04-02 | 2004-05-27 |
| EASTWOOD, Timothy John Seymour, Colonel | Secretary | — | 1998-01-27 |
| FRANKLIN, Michael Clarke | Secretary | 1998-01-27 | 1999-08-01 |
| GEORGE, Janet | Secretary | 2000-07-08 | 2001-04-02 |
| SNOOK, Duncan Cyril | Secretary | 2019-04-30 | 2024-09-03 |
| AKENHEAD, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2008-06-17 |
| ALDRIDGE, Claire | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2016-07-16 |
| ALLEN, Michael Martin | Director | — | 1996-05-22 |
| ALLEN, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2008-06-17 |
| ATHERTON, Jennifer Susan | Director | — | 1995-06-21 |
| AUTY, Islay | Director | 2000-02-24 | 2003-02-27 |
| BARBER, Christopher Charles | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2002-11-01 |
| BARKER-SIMSON, Donald Stewart, Lt Colonel | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| BELL, Sheila Margaret, Doctor | Director | — | 2001-06-28 |
| BELLAMY, Albert John, Rear Admiral | Director | 1993-04-14 | 1997-12-31 |
| BERRY, Sheila Mary | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| BLACKFORD, Christine Ann | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2017-07-19 |
| BONNOR-MAURICE, Edward Arthur Trevor, Major | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| BREISNER, Lars Goran | Director | 1999-09-08 | 1999-12-10 |
| BRIGGS, David Savile | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2002-06-26 |
| BRIGSTOCKE, John Richard, Vice Admiral | Director | 1996-03-20 | 1996-12-31 |
| BROAD, Carole Anne | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2014-07-16 |
| BUCKS, Sarah Ann | Director | 2008-06-17 | 2012-07-24 |
| BURKE, David Michael | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| BUTLER, Adam Courtauld, The Right Hon Sir | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| BUXTON, James Geoffrey Pease | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2012-07-24 |
| BUXTON, James Geoffrey Pease | Director | 1999-06-22 | 2002-06-26 |
| CAMPBELL, Patricia | Director | 1999-06-22 | 2004-06-22 |
| CANNON, Peter Brian | Director | 1997-08-13 | 1997-11-20 |
| CASEY, Christine Helen | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2011-07-19 |
| CHAMBERLAYNE, Mark Edward | Director | 1997-06-05 | 1998-06-28 |
| CLARK, Gillian Mary | Director | 2023-06-30 | 2026-07-16 |
| CLAYTON, Michael Aylwin | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2001-06-28 |
| CLEMMEY, Martin | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2019-07-16 |
| COLDREY, Christopher Arthur, Captain | Director | 1993-06-30 | 1997-12-31 |
| COMBER, Maureen | Director | 2007-06-21 | 2010-06-17 |
| COOK, Catriona Susan Addie | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2003-06-26 |
| COOK, Peter John | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2007-06-21 |
| COOK, Peter John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-11-16 |
| COOK, Robin | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2003-06-26 |
| COWAN, Annella Marie | Director | 2004-09-02 | 2010-06-17 |
| COWARD, Holly Gwendoline | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| CROSS, Richard Noel Robert, Colonel | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| DENHAM, Leonard Charles | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| DILLINGHAM, Leslie Barbara | Director | 2016-07-16 | 2017-03-12 |
| DILLINGHAM, Leslie Barbara | Director | 1996-11-27 | 1997-12-31 |
| DOMHILL, Jane Amanda | Director | 2017-07-19 | 2020-07-15 |
| DONALDSON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2020-07-15 | 2021-01-26 |
| EDWARDS, Judith Elizabeth | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| EVANS, Barbara Ann Woodward | Director | — | 1997-08-13 |
| FENWICK, Peter Trevor | Director | — | 1994-06-29 |
| FERNEYHOUGH, Alan Duncan | Director | — | 1996-10-23 |
| FINNEY, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 1996-01-18 | 1996-12-31 |
| FULLER, Alison Gertrude Calvert | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2006-06-22 |
| GEE, David William | Director | 1993-06-30 | 1993-12-01 |
| GILKS, Anthony Pearson, Colonel | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| GLAESENER-CIPOLLONE, Gaby Ida Anna, Dr | Director | 2019-10-02 | 2020-05-21 |
| GOLDSMITH, Jane Margaret | Director | — | 1998-08-10 |
| GOODMAN, John Valentine | Director | — | 1993-12-01 |
| GREENWAY, Harry, Dr | Director | — | 2006-06-22 |
| HANDEL, Kirsty Louise | Director | 2016-07-16 | 2019-07-16 |
| HARDEY, Margaret Charlton | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| HARDY, Heather Jane | Director | 2013-07-16 | 2016-07-16 |
| HARGREAVES, Ann | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1996-05-21 |
| HARGREAVES, Kate | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Sandra Lesley | Director | 2020-07-15 | 2026-07-16 |
| HARTLEY-EDWARDS, Elwyn | Director | — | 1996-08-21 |
| HAYNES, Kerryn Louise | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2024-07-11 |
| HEELEY, Roger Timothy Haynes | Director | 1996-02-14 | 1997-12-31 |
| HEELEY, Roger Timothy Haynes | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1995-12-31 |
| HIGHAM, Patience Jane Marietta | Director | 1993-06-30 | 1996-12-31 |
| HODGES, Frederick Patrick Robert | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2017-07-19 |
| HOLT, John | Director | 1998-01-26 | 1998-03-25 |
| HOUGHTON BROWN, Peter John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-06-28 |
| HUNT, David | Director | 1992-07-17 | 1996-11-27 |
| JOHNS, Richard, Air Chief Marshal | Director | 1994-11-30 | 1996-03-11 |
| JOICEY, Elisabeth Lady | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| KEAR, Donald Hathaway | Director | 2011-07-19 | 2014-07-16 |
| KEAR, Donald Hathaway | Director | 2004-06-22 | 2010-06-17 |
| KEARL, Peter Charles | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| KERRY, David | Director | 2008-06-17 | 2014-07-16 |
| LANGFORD, Marjorie Sommeville | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| LAW, Kenneth Charles | Director | 2017-07-19 | 2023-06-30 |
| LLOYD PARRY, John Merfyn, Doctor | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| LONGHURST, Gillian | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2026-07-16 |
| LORD, Timothy Geoffrey Fraser | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2025-07-17 |
| LORISTON-CLARKE, Anne Jennifer Frances | Director | 1996-02-22 | 1997-12-31 |
| LUARD, Philippa Mary Agnes Joan, The Honourable Mrs | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| MACLELLAN, Ian David | Director | 2004-06-22 | 2011-04-07 |
| MANNS, Helen | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2009-06-18 |
| MASON, Diana | Director | — | 1992-07-17 |
| MASON, Fran | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2022-06-29 |
| MCCARTHY, Sally | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2025-07-17 |
| MCDONALD, Merrial Pauline | Director | 1993-06-30 | 1997-12-31 |
| MCKENNA, Hilary | Director | 2008-06-17 | 2008-12-16 |
| MCMILLEN, Alma | Director | — | 1994-03-07 |
| MCMILLEN, Ernest Tembleton | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| MILLER, Margaret Lilian, Doctor | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1996-01-03 |
| MILTON, Robert John Harman | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2013-07-16 |
| MOORE, Arthur Lawrence | Director | 1993-06-30 | 1994-12-31 |
| MOORE, Joseph Peter | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| MORRIS, Timothy, Dr | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2025-07-17 |
| NEILL, James Hugh, Sir | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| NORRIE, Marjory Methven | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2016-07-16 |
| NOTLEY, Charles Roland Sykes, Major General | Director | — | 1994-05-01 |
| NUTTALL, June Darby | Director | — | 1993-04-14 |
| OATES, Stephen | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| OVERTON, Michael | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| PETERSEN, Lynn | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2012-11-26 |
| PHILLIPS, Helen Timothe | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2004-06-22 |
| PICKLES, Robert George | Director | 2004-07-29 | 2008-07-17 |
| PIMBLEY, Susan | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2016-07-16 |
| PIMBLEY, Susan | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2008-01-28 |
| PORTER, James | Director | 1994-06-29 | 1997-09-15 |
| PRECEY, Christopher | Director | 1994-06-29 | 1997-09-15 |
| PRINT, Patrick | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2010-06-17 |
| PRYDE, Stephen Mark | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2004-06-30 |
| PUNNETT, Laurence Michael | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2008-06-17 |
| PUNNETT, Laurence Michael | Director | 1997-09-15 | 1997-11-13 |
| ROBERTS, Peter James | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1997-12-31 |
| ROWELL, Jane Robin | Director | 1993-06-30 | 1993-12-01 |
| SEALS, Michael Thomas | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2011-07-19 |
| SELF, June Shirley Ruth | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1999-08-01 |
| SHEERIN, David Barclay | Director | 2013-07-16 | 2019-07-16 |
| SIMMS, Beverley Elizabeth | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2026-07-16 |
| SIMONS, Michael Anthony Peter | Director | 1993-06-30 | 1994-12-31 |
| SIMPSON, Sarah Garneta | Director | 2018-11-07 | 2025-07-17 |
| SIVEWRIGHT, Pamela Molly | Director | — | 1994-06-29 |
| SMILEY, Eric Boyd | Director | 1996-02-22 | 1997-12-31 |
| SPELMAN, Caroline Alice, Dame | Director | 2020-04-30 | 2026-07-16 |
| STOKES, Elizabeth Mary Marie | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2004-06-22 |
| STOKES, Elizabeth Mary Marie | Director | — | 1993-12-01 |
| SULLIVAN, Michael John | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| SULLIVAN TAILYOUR, Robert Basil, Major | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| SWALES, Rita Diane | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| TAPPING, Mary Alexandra | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1998-09-24 |
| TIFFANY, Margot | Director | 2012-12-18 | 2013-07-16 |
| TIFFANY, Margot | Director | 2008-06-17 | 2011-07-19 |
| TIFFANY, Margot | Director | 2004-06-22 | 2007-06-21 |
| TODD, Mark Wainwright | Director | 2004-05-27 | 2005-06-23 |
| TRANTER, Diane Dorothy | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2020-07-15 |
| TULLOCH, John Glen Alexander | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| TURNER, David Roy | Director | 2009-03-12 | 2009-06-18 |
| TURNER, Penelope Jane | Director | 1997-09-15 | 1997-12-31 |
| VAN REYK, Mary Muriel | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| VAUGHAN-FRANCE, Anthony John | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| VON DER HEYDE, Eva-Lotta | Director | 2013-07-16 | 2019-07-16 |
| WADEY, Philip David, Dr | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2012-07-24 |
| WADEY, Philip David, Dr | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2003-06-26 |
| WARDEN, Robert William | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2004-06-22 |
| WASHINGTON, Timothy John Clulow, Lt Colonel | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| WATERHOUSE, Christopher | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1998-08-21 |
| WHEELER, Stephanie Ruth | Director | 1999-06-22 | 2004-06-22 |
| WHITEMAN, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2013-07-16 |
| WICKHAM, Katharine Brenda Warington | Director | 1996-10-23 | 1997-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Jennifer | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| WOFFORD, Dawn | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| WORTHINGTON, Christine Mary | Director | 2018-11-07 | 2019-07-16 |
| WORTHINGTON, Christine Mary | Director | 2013-07-16 | 2016-07-16 |
| WYKEHAM-MUSGRAVE, Jane | Director | — | 1994-11-30 |
| YORK, Edward Christopher, Colonel | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| YORK, Samantha Jayne | Director | 2017-07-19 | 2018-08-31 |
| YOUNG, Olive Loraine | Director | 2016-08-03 | 2018-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 466 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 5
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.