ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS SADDLE CLUB

Registered charity 1163302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOVINGTON EQUESTRIAN

Promotion of the efficiency of the armed forces by increasing physical fitness and robustness of members of the service by providing equestrian facilities, equipment, training and competition.Promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by providing equitation facilities and competition.To improve the quality of life of people with disabilities by providing equitation facilities

Causes: Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £259,057 against a policy target of three months' committed operating expenditure. The trustees report that the charity remains in good financial shape despite a small operating loss after excluding specific grant-funded capital improvements, noting that rising wage bills and adverse weather impacted income.

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Scott Robinsonchair
• Carla Jane Bartley
• EMMA THEUNISSEN MA ACA
• Jonathan Mark Phillips · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard James
• Terence William Timms

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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