WEST NORFOLK RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION - THE MAGPIE CENTRE

Registered charity 1143390 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WNRDA THE MAGPIE CENTRE

WNRDA - the Magpie Centre provides people, whatever their age or disability, with the opportunity to take part in riding and carriage driving sessions for the benefit of their health and wellbeing and participation in a sport of their choice..

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING A CHARITY REGISTERED UNDER CHARITY NUMBER 244108 BY PROVIDING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AND/OR TO CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN THE AREA OF WEST NORFOLK

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £13,631 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds carried forward amounting to £173,547. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations for the next 12 months. However, the independent examiner highlighted significant internal control failures, including unreconciled records and improper handling of funds related to a trustee.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Magpie Centre - West Norfolk RDA (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Robsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANNE PRISCILLA ASH · trustee of 2 other charities
• Holly Mason
• Jackie Cradock
• Jonathan McIrvine
• Nigel David Olding
• Rebecca Kate Simonds

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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