THE DIAMOND CENTRE FOR DISABLED RIDERS

Registered charity 1045970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DIAMOND CENTRE FOR HANDICAPPED RIDERS

Provision of horse riding and carriage driving for disabled adults and children.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RIDING AS WELL AS CARRIAGE DRIVING (WHETHER OF HORSE PONY OR DONKEY DRAWN VEHICLES) SO THAT ALL DISABLED PERSONS WHO WOULD BENEFIT IN THEIR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH FROM RIDING SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE SOUTH LONDON AND NORTH EAST SURREY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,806,212, which the trustees consider an appropriate target given the risks and obligations regarding infrastructure maintenance. The charity reported a net income of £17,535 for the year, significantly impacted by a £76,202 devaluation of investments, though core operating results improved compared to the prior year. The auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Diamond Centre For Disabled Riders (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~44.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Ann Bedwell
• Claire Fiona Snowdon
• Eve Caroline Curtis
• Katie Hobden
• Rosemary Stuart
• SANDY PFEIFER
• STEVEN JOHN AXON
• Tina Edwards

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARGARET HAES RIDING CENTRE LTD.

• MARGARET HAES RIDING CENTRE LTD income £232k
• CONQUEST CENTRE LIMITED income £777k
• CHIGWELL RIDING TRUST FOR SPECIAL NEEDS income £557k
• DIGSWELL PLACE GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION income £155k
• PENNIWELLS RIDING CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED income £243k
• CLWYD SPECIAL RIDING CENTRE LIMITED income £364k

Side by side with its peers

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