RIDING FOR THE DISABLED (WOODBRIDGE & DISTRICT GROUP)

Registered charity 1127627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIDING FOR THE DISABLED (HOLLESLEY GROUP)

We use horses to provide remedial & therapeutic sessions on a daily basis for disabled adults & children from Ipswich & East Suffolk area.By providing the opportunity to ride &/or carriage drive health & wellbeing is much improved.Our volunteer instructors work closely with Physiotherapists, Doctors & other health professionals to help our clients gain the maximum benefits from our activities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 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 IPSWICH AND EAST SUFFOLK AREA

Area of benefit: IPSWICH AND EAST SUFFOLK

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £242,912 against a stated policy target of £151,879, indicating the charity holds sufficient reserves to cover one year of operational costs. The net movement in funds was positive at £195,184, driven largely by a significant increase in grants received during the year. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest non-compliance with accounting standards or regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Rose Anderson
• Charlotte Louise Farrant
• Claire Jane Daldy
• JOHN FREDERICK MUIR ANDERSON
• Kelvin Paul Silburn
• Mary Anne Erwin
• Ruth Palmer
• Sharon Julie Bleese

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYFOLD GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED.

• WYFOLD GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED income £139k
• LEYBOURNE GRANGE RIDING CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED income £288k
• EPSOM RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING income £194k
• ANDOVER RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION income £28k
• NANTWICH & DISTRICT RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING income £89k
• GREENWOOD RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING income £38k

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