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Annual Report 2024

The British Horse Society is the UK's leading equestrian charity, working to promote horse welfare, equestrian safety, education and access to riding. In 2024 the Society supported 6,011 horses and 16,202 people through its Horse Care and Welfare team, reached 124,555 members, responded to 1,014 new welfare concerns involving over 3,593 horses, and grew its Changing Lives Through Horses programme to 3,800 young people since inception. The Dead Slow road safety campaign won two national awards.

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2,000 people supported through the Career Transition Fund for equestrian qualifications

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 124,555 members at end of 2024, a growth of 2,332 on 2023
Key Metric 2 6,011 horses and 16,202 people helped directly by Horse Care and Welfare team
Key Metric 3 460 Definitive Map Modification Order applications submitted, protecting 447km of off-road equestrian routes

Key Outcomes

  • 3,800 young people helped via Changing Lives Through Horses programme since 2016
  • 15996000
  • 16904000

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
Key Metric 2
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 3
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022