LEEDS AREA RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1074221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION LEEDS AREA

Our sole objective as a group is to provide riding facilities for disabled children and adults so thatthey may benefit in their health, wellbeing and enjoyment of life.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING A CHARITY REGISTERED UNDER CHARITY NUMBER 244108 ("THE ASSOCIATION") BY PROVIDING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AND/OR TO CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN THE LEEDS AREA.

Area of benefit: WHINMOOR, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE.

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

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£22k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the 2024–2025 financial year in the black, indicating a surplus. The organization reports continued operational activity with fully booked riding sessions and a steady waiting list, supported by various grants and fundraising income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 47

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 30

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£28k£22k
31/03/2024£26k£24k
31/03/2023£28k£25k
31/03/2022£20k£25k
31/03/2021£26k£22k

Common questions

Is LEEDS AREA RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the 2024–2025 financial year in the black, indicating a surplus. The organization reports continued operational activity with fully booked riding sessions and a steady waiting list, supported by various grants and fundraising income.

Who funds LEEDS AREA RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEEDS AREA RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include TONY RAMPTON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TONY RAMPTON TRUSTFY2024£2kCharitable Donations
TONY RAMPTON TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable Donations

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England24/03/2022£4kStorm 22 Replace Field Shelter
UK government24/03/2022£4kALB-Sport England-Storm 22 Replace Field Shelter

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH CORNWALL RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEEDS AREA RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION£28k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH CORNWALL RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
BRADBOURNE GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION FY2025£85k—0above—no doubt
RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING FY2025£3.9m£100,000 - £109,999—within—no doubt
LEEDS BLACK ELDERS ASSOCIATION FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS AUTISM SERVICES FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.