THE FORTUNE CENTRE OF RIDING THERAPY
Registered charity 1045352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £196,441 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves, approximately 2.5 months of operating expenditure, to be adequate despite the deficit. The charity remains dependent on Local Government Funding as a principal income source, which is identified as a major financial risk.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2.4m; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“Although this reserve was approximately 2.5 months at 31st August 2025, the Trustees consider the current level to be adequate at this time.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent paid to Chair
“During the year the charity rented fields for grazing at a cost of £1,070 (2024 - £1,070) from Lord Manners, the Chair of the Trustees. There were no amounts owing at the end of the financial year.” — page 26
“Donations of £520 (2024 - £10) were received from the Trustees during the year.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“During the year the charity rented fields for grazing at a cost of £1,070 (2024 - £1,070) from Lord Manners, the Chair of the Trustees. There were no amounts owing at the end of the financial year.” — page 26
“Donations of £520 (2024 - £10) were received from the Trustees during the year.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Fortune Centre Of Riding Therapy (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Lord Willie Manners — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Jane Delves — Principal (source)
- Suzanne Barnett — Assistant Principal (source)
- Matthew Lewer — Head of Finance & Company Secretary (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- LANE, Emma Louise — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
- CAUFIELD-LAWRENCE, Ben — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
- CHANNELL, Richard — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
- FERNYHOUGH, Nicholas Francis — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
- YARWOOD, Alexandra — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
- FOSTER, Charles Anthony — director, appointed 08/06/2017on trustee list
- SWAYNE, Moira Cecily, Lady — director, appointed 24/11/2015not on trustee list
- MANNERS, John Hugh Robert, Lord — director, appointed 25/02/2013not on trustee list
- LEWER, Matthew Paul — secretary, appointed 01/11/2023
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £965k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 29/01/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£47k
Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- LORD MANNERSchair
- Alexandra Yarwood
- Ben Caufield-Lawrence
- CHARLES ANTHONY FOSTER
- Emma Louise Lane
- Lady Swayne
- Nicholas Francis Fernyhough · trustee of 2 other charities
- Richard Channell
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE FORTUNE CENTRE OF RIDING THERAPY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £196,441 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves, approximately 2.5 months of operating expenditure, to be adequate despite the deficit. The charity remains dependent on Local Government Funding as a principal income source, which is identified as a major financial risk. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.
Who funds THE FORTUNE CENTRE OF RIDING THERAPY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FORTUNE CENTRE OF RIDING THERAPY as a grant recipient include THE ALBORADA TRUST, THE DULVERTON TRUST, SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BRITTEN FOUNDATION, THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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