BLACKMORE VALE RDA

Registered charity 1136113 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HENSTRIDGE RDA

Blackmore Vale Riding for the Disabled offers riding on real ponies and two mechanical horses at Cherrington Farm Cottage, North Cheriton, Somerset to disabled riders in N Dorset and S Somerset.Our riders range in age from 5-74 and have a range of disabilities. We have 6 accredited coach/instructors and a pool of 50 volunteers. We operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during term time

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £84,567 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus of £50,000 in the prior year. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of preparation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS TESSA WOODHOUSEchair
• DAWN BROCK
• Delerie Ann Chambers
• GAYE FARQUARSON
• Gemma Louise Pullen
• John David Chilvers
• MARK JOHN MICHAEL WOODHOUSE
• Victoria Margaret Standing

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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