World Horse Welfare
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Whether this fits depends on your work.
- The charity's grants focus on equine welfare: research grants go to researchers and institutions in the UK and internationally, and development grants go to organisations delivering small international projects that have synergy with its work.
- No grant range or typical size is published, so ask the charity what a realistic request would be before setting a figure.
- No application process is published in its annual report, register entry or website, so start by using the contact it gives to get in touch.
- Organisations that do not run international projects are unlikely to fit the development grants, and nothing published says how competitive the grants are.
Overview
World Horse Welfare is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 206658).
World Horse Welfare is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that works to improve equine welfare through care, research, education and influence. Its mission is to work with horses, horse owners, communities, organisations and governments to improve welfare standards and stamp out suffering in the UK and worldwide. In the UK it rescues around 300 horses each year from abuse and neglect and takes them into its four Rescue and Rehoming Centres across Britain. It offers a small range of grants for research into topics that can affect equine welfare, and its reported annual giving was £150,060 in its most recent year.
What they fund
Priority Areas
World Horse Welfare works to improve equine welfare through care, research, education and influence. Its grant opportunities focus on equine welfare: research grants support studies into subjects that affect horse welfare, and are offered to researchers and institutions in the UK and internationally. The charity says most research grants are undertaken in collaboration with veterinary schools and institutes. It also offers development grants to organisations delivering small international projects that have synergy with its work. Separately, it provides veterinary undergraduate bursaries to promote greater understanding of equine welfare among future vets. Its mission includes working with horse owners, communities, organisations and governments to improve welfare standards and end suffering in the UK and worldwide.
Themes
- Equine welfare research
- International development projects
Geographic Focus
The UK; internationally.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Development grant projects should have synergy with the charity’s work.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
- International
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £8,512,000 | £8,007,000 | £94,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £8,251,000 | £9,493,000 | £89,132 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £16,471,000 | £10,709,000 | £64,800 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £9,944,000 | £12,157,000 | £139,490 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £11,134,000 | £12,215,000 | £150,060 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, all years: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- worldhorsewelfare.org
- worldhorsewelfare.org/what-we-do/research/funding-and-grants?srsltid=AYCX9vI7pits7tT9UUB9VAQC0mGHP8uWqQVhAqYgM3AdbQ3cxKSAiUxc · read on 31 October 2026
- worldhorsewelfare.org/about-us/our-work/how-we-help · read on 31 October 2026
- worldhorsewelfare.org/about-us/our-organisation/vision-mission · read on 31 October 2026
- worldhorsewelfare.org/about-us/our-work/who-we-help · read on 31 October 2026
- worldhorsewelfare.org/contact-us · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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