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GADDESDEN PLACE RDA CENTRE

Registered charity 1140330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides horse riding facilities and instruction for children and adults with a wide range of disabilities in the area around Hemel Hempstaed in Hertfordshire.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATION CARRIAGE DRIVING A CHARITY REGISTERED UNDER CHARITY NUMBER 244108 ("RDA") BY PROVIDING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AND/OR CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN THE HERTFORDSHIRE AREA.

Area of benefit: HERTFORDSHIRE

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

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Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£159k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small revenue surplus and improved its cash reserves, resulting in a strong and healthy cash position. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure, supported by current reserves, are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £341k)
“The designated reserve policy adopted consistently over the past years has allowed the directors to continue to plan for the future.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees made unconditional donations to the charity
“During the year the trustees made unconditional donations totalling £10,400 to the charity (2024: £10, 205). There were no other related party transactions requiring disclosure.” — page 14
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.

Corporate structure

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.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£180k£159k
31/03/2024£141k£166k
31/03/2023£111k£125k
31/03/2022£85k£101k
31/03/2021£280k£93k

Common questions

Is GADDESDEN PLACE RDA CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small revenue surplus and improved its cash reserves, resulting in a strong and healthy cash position. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure, supported by current reserves, are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2024£16kCentre Running Cost Support - Building Resilience Cost of Livng

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.3m
THE ALBORADA TRUST1£292k
THE BROOMTON FOUNDATION1£210k
GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED1£182k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION1£46k
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£29k
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£27k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£27k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GADDESDEN PLACE RDA CENTRE£180k—0unclear—no doubt
WILTON RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt
RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING FY2025£3.9m£100,000 - £109,999—within—no doubt
DIGSWELL PLACE GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION FY2025£155k—0below—no doubt
THE R.D.A. CENTRE IN CLEVELAND LIMITED FY2025£320k—0below—no doubt
EAST LIVERPOOL RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt

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