NEWBURY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED LIMITED

Registered charity 1121113 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide horse riding lessons as a therapy to disabled children and young people for the benefit and improvement of their wellbeing. The charity operates a riding stable in Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire for the sole use of disabled riders. Weekly riding lessons are provided to children from special needs schools and units from Newbury and the surrounding area of West Berkshire.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: NEWBURY DISTRICT AREA.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£88k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £9,148 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a surplus before depreciation of £6,251. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves remain at £183,907, with cash balances exceeding £100,000, ensuring the charity's ongoing viability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months (held: £184k)

“It is the policy of the Charity to grow and maintain the overall cash reserves of the Charity at a level to cover pony care costs, management, administration and support costs of the Charity for a minimum of twelve months.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05642114

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

The Good Exchange at the Greenham Trust — “Jill has come to know Newbury RDA through the grants that The Good Exchange has given us over the last few years” (source page)

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.

WILLIS, Kay Barbara — director, appointed 23/07/2026on trustee list
WHIDBORNE, Emma Jane — director, appointed 23/07/2026on trustee list
VAUSE, Jane — director, appointed 20/10/2025on trustee list
HENEGHAN, Lisa — director, appointed 20/10/2025on trustee list
GLAZBROOK, Susan Ann — director, appointed 01/11/2024not on trustee list
ATHERTON, Lucy Maria — director, appointed 31/10/2023on trustee list
ROWE, Claire Maurine — director, appointed 31/10/2023on trustee list
MARTIN, Rachel — director, appointed 06/07/2021on trustee list
CAMPBELL-HARRIS, James Neil — director, appointed 08/09/2020not on trustee list
MORRIS, Frances Lindsay — director, appointed 04/06/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Claire Rowe
Emma Jane Whidborne
Jamie Campbell-Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
Jane Vause
Julie Thomas
Kay Willis
Lisa Heneghan
Lucy Atherton
Rachel Martin

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£88k	£97k
31/12/2024	£108k	£110k
31/12/2023	£73k	£85k
31/12/2022	£78k	£75k
31/12/2021	£78k	£59k

Common questions

Is NEWBURY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £9,148 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a surplus before depreciation of £6,251. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves remain at £183,907, with cash balances exceeding £100,000, ensuring the charity's ongoing viability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.