SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1136630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide therapeutic, educational, recreational and sport riding for disabled people to benefit their health and well-being.

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 SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AREA

Area of benefit: SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational net loss of £9,805 for the year, driven by high operational costs including salaries and essential maintenance, despite significant income from legacies. However, the trustees report that the overall financial position remains excellent with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,781,576, largely supported by a well-performing investment portfolio.

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 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South Bucks RDA (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 (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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~105.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS D J REDFERNchair
• Claire Louise Fryer
• Emma Ford
• Jenny Pui San lee
• Laura Hodges
• Leanne Lisa Hensby
• THERESA MARIE DRAKE

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BARNSLEY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION income £43k
• THE ALKHAM VALLEY COMMUNITY PROJECT AND THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTRE income £213k
• CRANLEIGH RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION GROUP income £65k
• ROSSINGTON HALL GROUP DONCASTER RIDING FOR THE DISABLED income £48k
• BEDFORD DISABLED HORSE RIDING ASSOCIATION income £54k
• ERME VALLEY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED LTD income £139k

Side by side with its peers

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