COTSWOLD RIDING FOR THE DISABLED

Registered charity 1160676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COTSWOLD RIDING FOR DISABLED

Cotswold RDA is so much more than just a riding school. It is a supportive community of riders, families, carers, schools, colleges, trustees, volunteers, staff and our herd of very special ponies. Over 200 adults and children with a wide variety of physical disabilities and learning difficulties take part in riding and other equine based activities each week improving their health and wellbeing.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £164,810 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward of £931,020. The trustees report that cash balances and reserves remain strong, allowing the charity to meet obligations as they fall due for the next 12 months. The charity maintains a reserves policy to hold a minimum general reserve equal to five months of operational costs.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy Charles Baylischair
• Alice Jane Welch
• Judith Ann Johnstone
• Judith McNeill-Wilson
• Matthew Richard Peters
• Melanie Louise Pomfret
• Stephen Meredith Pidgeon
• Susan Dianne Clowes

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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